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Hitler's boy soldiers : how my father's generation was trained to kill and sent to die for Germany / Helene Munson.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781615198597
- ISBN: 1615198598
- Physical Description: 308 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : The Experiment, 2022.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Revision of: Boy soldiers : a personal story of Nazi elite schooling and its legacy of trauma. Cheltenham : The History Press, 2021. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: Závada revisited -- The wrong time to die -- Traveling to another country -- The vanished boarding school -- Not a Napola -- Castle Birdsong -- Schooled by barbarians -- The flag is more than death -- Franz and the FLAK -- Glasses and mineral water -- Barrack blues -- Dresden and departures -- Arriving in Sudetenland -- The Battle for Zawada -- Saved by a grenade -- Germanskis on the run -- A long way home -- Epilogue 1: The back-to-front file -- Epilogue 2: The glass cabinet -- Appendix I: List of locations -- Appendix II: List of abbreviations and glossary. |
| Summary, etc.: | "The true, untold story of how Germany's children fought in WWII, through the lens of the author's father and his rediscovered journal"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.
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Hitler's Boy Soldiers : How My Father's Generation Was Trained to Kill and Sent to Die for Germany
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Hitler's Boy Soldiers : How My Father's Generation Was Trained to Kill and Sent to Die for Germany
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction: Závada Revisited | p. 1 | |
| 1 | The Wrong Time to Die | p. 13 |
| 2 | Traveling to Another Country | p. 25 |
| 3 | The Vanished Boarding School | p. 37 |
| 4 | Not a Napola | p. 51 |
| 5 | Castle Birdsong | p. 65 |
| 6 | Schooled by Barbarians | p. 81 |
| 7 | The Flag Is More Than Death | p. 93 |
| 8 | Franz and the Flak | p. 107 |
| 9 | Glasses and Mineral Water | p. 125 |
| 10 | Barrack Blues | p. 135 |
| 11 | Dresden and Departures | p. 151 |
| 12 | Arriving in Sudetenland | p. 161 |
| 13 | The Battle for Zawada | p. 181 |
| 14 | Saved by a Grenade | p. 201 |
| 15 | German skis on the Run | p. 211 |
| 16 | A Long Way Home | p. 231 |
| Epilogue: The Back-to-Front File | p. 247 | |
| Afterword: The Glass Cabinet | p. 259 | |
| Appendix 1 | List of Locations | p. 271 |
| Appendix 2 | List of Abbreviations and Glossary | p. 275 |
| Notes | p. 279 | |
| Bibliography | p. 285 | |
| Image Credits | p. 291 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 293 | |
| Index | p. 295 | |
| About the Author | p. 310 |
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