Bartoletti, S. (2005). Hitler youth. NY: Scholastic.
This book tells about the youth that followed Hitler and the Nazi Party. These young people were enticed by talk of hope and adventure. There were seven million boys and girls that belonged to this group. Hitler counted on these young people to carry out his vision. The photographs help tell the story of books being burned, Jewish-owned businesses being shut down by the Nazis, and the horrors of the concentration camps.
The
author, Susan Bartoletti,
uses many photographs from the time period of Hitler Youth, 1933-1945. These black and white photographs and their
captions help the reader understand the content. The reader will feel true sadness when seeing
pictures of the horrors of this time period.
Bartoletti does
a nice job at the beginning of a book by introducing the readers to the people
in the book by including a picture and a short biography of the person. There is a table of contents, foreword,
epilogue, timeline of the Hitler Youth, Author’s Note, About the Photographs,
Quote Sources, Bibliography,
Acknowledgments, and Index.
Book trailser:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQzIQQcsXcE
Information on book and author, interview with author:
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/hitler-youth#cart/cleanup
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