Hitler Youth

1. BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Hitler Youth, Growing Up In Hitler's Shadow. Scholastic, 2005.

ISBN 9780439353793

2. Evaluation

What strikes me most about Bartoletti’s accounts of life during World War II and of Hitler’s Youth are the photographs that she includes. One of the main characteristics of nonfiction writings is that there are limited pictures; however she uses the photos as an important tool in telling about the young men and women’s lives. For me, these pictures brought the information to a whole new level that truly will resonate with readers of all levels.

Bartoletti walks the reader through the Second World War through the eyes of a lesser known participant in the war, Hitler’s Youth, by using oral histories, diaries, letters, and her own extensive interviews with Holocaust survivors, Hitler Youth, resisters, and bystanders to tell the history from the viewpoints of people who were there . She includes several photographs, biographies, and a timeline of the war and the youth’s envolvement.

3. REVIEW EXCERPT(S)

“The handsome book design, with black-and-white historical photos on every double-page spread, will draw in readers and help spark deep discussion, which will extend beyond the Holocaust curriculum.”

-          Starred review, Booklist

Newbery Honor

Robert Sieert Honor Award

4. CONNECTIONS

This book would obviously make a great addition to any Social Studies teacher. I also believe that using some of the information and photographs in the book would be a great starting point for journal entries or a variety of different paper styles in an ELAR classroom.