"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.

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised by the Parents' Choice Award. It was recognised by the Carolyn W Field Award. It also was recognised in the Nonfiction - Upper Grades category by the Flicker Tale Children's Book Award. It was recognised in the High School category by the Virginia Readers Choice Award. Also it was recognised in the YA category by the Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award. It was recognised in the Ages 14+ category by the Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens. It was recognised by the Robert F Sibert Informational Book Award. It was recognised by the Orbis Pictus Award. It was recognised by the Newbery Award. The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

This book is aimed at children in upper grades.

There are 176 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Scholastic US .

Susan Campbell Bartoletti is the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of many books, both fiction and nonfiction, for children. Her fiction includes the novels The Boy Who Dared , Dear America: A Coal Miner's Bride , and No Man's Land , as well as a number of picture books. She won the Newbery Honor for her nonfiction book Hitler Youth . A former eighth-grade teacher for 18 years, Bartoletti now writes full-time and lives in Pennsylvania with her family.