Wholesale Hitler Youth

Robert F. Sibert Award-winner Susan Campbell Bartoletti explores the riveting and often chilling story of Germany's powerful Hitler Youth groups. In her first full-length nonfiction title since winning the Robert F. Sibert Award, Susan Campbell Bartoletti explores the riveting and often chilling story of Germany's powerful Hitler Youth groups. "I begin with the young. We older ones are used up . . . But my magnificent youngsters! Look at these men and boys! What material! With them, I can create a new world." --Adolf Hitler, Nuremberg 1933 By the time Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, 3.5 million children belonged to the Hitler Youth. It would become the largest youth group in history. Susan Campbell Bartoletti explores how Hitler gained the loyalty, trust, and passion of so many of Germany's young people. Her research includes telling interviews with surviving Hitler Youth members. Product Details Format: Hardcover, Jacketed Binding: Jacketed Hardcover / Smyth ISBN: 9780439353793 Page Count: 176 Trim Size: 10 x 10 Pub Date: April 2005 Fiction / Nonfiction: Non-Fiction Ages: 12 & Up Grades: 7 and up Imprint: Scholastic Nonfiction Subjects: Europe, Fitting In, Growing Up, Holocaust, Jewish Experience, Patriotism, World War II Genre: Young Adult Language: English Guided Reading Level: GR Level Z Lexile® Measure: 1050L Return Restrictions: Non-Strippable