PublishedPen And Sword, August 2017 |
ISBN9781526705327 |
FormatHardcover, 239 pages |
Dimensions23.4cm × 15.6cm |
'Hitler's Girls' is not just another Hitler Youth history book. Concentrating purely on the role of German girls in Hitler's Third Reich, we learn of their home lives, schooling, exploitation and eventual militarisation from first-hand accounts of women who were indoctrinated into the Jung Madel and Bund Deutcscher Madel as young girls.
From the prosperous beginnings of 1933 to the cataclysmic defeat of 1945, this insightful book examines in detail their specific roles as defined by the Nazi state. Few historical literary works have gone as deep to find the truth, the conscience and the regret, and in this sense 'Hitler's Girls' is a unique work unlike any other so far published. Written in an attempt to provide a definitive voice for this unheard generation of German females, it will leave the reader to decide for themselves whether or not the girls were the obedient accessories to genocide, and it will lead many readers to question many aspects of what they have previously thought about the role of girls and young women in Hitler's Third Reich. This is their story. AUTHOR: Born in to a military family, Tim Heath s interest in history led him to extensively research the air war of the Second World War, focussing on the German Luftwaffe and working closely with the German War Graves Commission at Kassel, Germany. He has written over twenty articles, published in The Armourer Magazine. During the course of this work he met with German families and veterans alike, and it was through this research that A Dove Amongst Eagles was born. 16 b/w photographs
