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Ensnared in the Wolf's Lair : inside the 1944 plot to kill Hitler and the ghost children of his revenge / Ann Bausum.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: DD256.35 .B385 2021

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    "'I've come on orders from Berlin to fetch the three children.' --Gestapo agent, August 24, 1944. With those chilling words, Christa von Hofacker and her younger siblings found themselves ensnared in a web of family punishment designed to please one man--Adolf Hitler. The furious dictator sought merciless revenge against not only Christa's father and the other Germans who had just tried to overthrow his government. He wanted to torment their relatives, too, regardless of age or stature. All of them. Including every last child." -- Back cover.

    "The stories of the children whose families were torn apart as a result of a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in 1944"-- Provided by publisher.
    Variant Title
    Inside the 1944 plot to kill Hitler and the ghost children of his revenge
    Format
    Book
    Author/Creator
    Bausum, Ann, author.
    Published
    Washington : National Geographic, [2021]
    ©2021
    Locale
    Germany
    Contents
    Introduction
    Hitler's rise
    Resisting the regime
    Valkyrie
    Hitler's revenge
    The ghost children
    Hitler's demise
    A traumatic shadow
    Timeline
    The Borntal's Sippenhaft families.
    Notes
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-139) and index.
    Introduction -- Hitler's rise -- Resisting the regime -- Valkyrie -- Hitler's revenge -- The ghost children -- Hitler's demise -- A traumatic shadow -- Timeline -- The Borntal's Sippenhaft families.
    Ages 10 and up
    Grades 4-6

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    ISBN
    9781426338540
    1426338546
    9781426338557
    1426338554
    Physical Description
    143 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects
    Sippenhaft--Juvenile literature. Operation Valkyrie, 1944--Juvenile literature. World War, 1939-1945--Children--Germany--Juvenile literature. National socialism and children--Juvenile literature. Sippenhaft. Operation Valkyrie, 1944. World War, 1939-1945--Children--Germany. National socialism and children. HISTORY / Europe / Germany. Attempted assassination. Children. Families. Germany. Informational works. Biographies. Diaries. Juvenile works. Hitler, Adolf,--1889-1945--Assassination attempts--Juvenile literature. Hofacker, Christa von,--1932---Diaries--Juvenile literature. Schenk von Stauffenberg, Klaus Philipp,--Graf,--1907-1944--Family--Juvenile literature. Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Assassination attempts. Hofacker, Christa von,--1932---Diaries. Schenk von Stauffenberg, Klaus Philipp,--Graf,--1907-1944--Family. Hitler, Adolf,--1889-1945. Schenk von Stauffenberg, Klaus Philipp,--Graf,--1907-1944.
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