Bibliograph

Hitler youth, Michael H. Kater

Type

Label

Hitler youth, Michael H. Kater

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-345) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hitler youth

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

55149363

Responsibility statement

Michael H. Kater

Summary

The recruitment of children into a political organization and ideology reached its boldest embodiment in the Hitler Youth, founded in 1933. Michael Kater traces the history of Hitler Youth, examining the means, degree, and impact of conversation, and the subsequent fate of young recruits

Table Of Contents

1. "Make way, you old ones!" -- 2. Serving in the Hitler youth -- In search of monopoly and uniformity -- Authoritarianism, militarism, imperialism -- Problems of training, discipline, and leadership -- 3. German girls for matrimony and motherhood -- The Bund Deutscher Mädel in peacetime -- The challenges of World War II -- Eugenics and race -- 4. Dissidents and rebels -- The varieties of dissidence -- The empire strikes back -- 5, Hitler's youth at war -- Elation and disenchantment -- Detours, duplications, and alternatives -- The final victory -- Hitler's young women deceived -- 6. The responsibility of youth

Target audience

adult

Classification

Creator