The Hitler Youth
Subtitle: origins and development 1922-1945
By: H.W. Koch.
Edition: 1st Cooper Square Press ed.
Publisher: Cooper Square Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
Subjects: Hitler-Jugend -- History.
Description: "Fed by compulsory enrollment, by 1938 the Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend) was 8.7 million members strong and growing. Koch, himself a former Hitler Youth, brings a unique sensitivity and perspective to the history of one of the most fascinating vehicles for Nazi thought and propaganda.

He traces the Hitler Youth movement from its antecedents in nineteenth-century German romanticism and pre-1914 youth culture, through the World War I radicalization of German youth, to its ultimate exploitation by the Nazi Party.".

"Ruthlessly indoctrinated into the ideals of a New Germany and a "Final Victory," and skillfully organized into quasi-military corps, members of the Hitler Youth later led the Fuhrer's voracious war machine and contributed to the Third Reich's last-ditch defense in the final days of World War II."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-333) and index.
Originally published: New York : Barnes & Noble Books, 1975.