| Witnesses of War: Children's Lives Under the Nazis Contributor(s): Stargardt, Nicholas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400033799 ISBN-13: 9781400033799 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $21.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 Annotation: Children were at the center of the Nazi ideology; now we have their history of those years. In this groundbreaking study-based on a wide range of new sources-Nicholas Stargardt details what happened to children of all nationalities and religions living under the Nazi regime. Their stories open a world we have never seen before. As the Nazis overran Europe, children were saved or damned according to their race. Drawing on an untouched wealth of original material-school assignments; juvenile diaries; letters; and even accounts of children's games-Nicholas Stargardt breaks stereotypes of victimhood and trauma to give us the gripping individual stories of the generation Hitler made. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - Social Science | Children's Studies - History | Holocaust |
| Dewey: 940.531 |
| LCCN: 2007271285 |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6.34" W x 8.02" (1.04 lbs) 528 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 1930's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A groundbreaking study of what happened to children--of all nationalities and religions--living under the Nazi regime. Drawing on a wide range of new sources, Witnesses of War reveals the stories of life under the Third Reich as never before. As the Nazis overran Europe, children were saved or damned according to their race. Turning to an untouched wealth of original material--school assignments; juvenile diaries; letters; and even accounts of children's games--Nicholas Stargardt breaks stereotypes of victimhood and trauma to give us the gripping individual stories of the generation Hitler made. |
