Summary Of Hitler Youth

The book Hitler Youth by by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, is about young children who were thought to look up to Hitler after Germany's loss in WWI. The book tells the story of young teenagers who were who were forced into labor, be soldiers and follow the National Socialist Party (Nazi). The book mostly is targeted on the young teenagers but sometimes focuses on the Jewish people. Hitler began to take over the young population because he saw them as the new generation being more powerful. The children were easier to manipulate, Hitler could give them orders to go something they thought was good but actually was bad. Parents were forced to enter their children into Hitler youth. “It was a financial hardship to purchase the required uniform”
Some families had trouble paying their taxes to the government but the families had no choice but to give their children's lives to Hitler. The main argument of this book is that the kids never gave up. Even though they were put into horrible conditions they still fought through. The children in this time of event put there life into working for Hitler. “Generation of young people who devoted their energy and passion to Hitler Youth organisation and left an indelible mark on world history” (front of book). Even though the kids were forced to work because they did they made a big impact on the world. The structure of the book around young people who had gone through history with Hitler Youth. Susan Campbell Bartoletti shows us families participation during the time of Hitler. What children and families struggled with and had to overcome.