Overview
- Summary
- "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.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : The Experiment, [2022]
- Locale
- Germany
Czech Republic
Závada (Opava District)
Závada (Opava District : Czech Republic) - Contents
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Introduction: Závada revisited
The wrong time to die
Travelling 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. - Notes
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Revision of: Boy soldiers : a personal story of Nazi elite schooling and its legacy of trauma. Cheltenham : The History Press, [2021].
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-290) and index.
Introduction: Závada revisited -- The wrong time to die -- Travelling 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.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781615198597
- Physical Description
- 308 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Children--Germany--Biography. National socialism and education. Child soldiers--Germany--Diaries. World War, 1939-1945--Czech Republic--Závada (Opava District) Závada (Opava District : Czech Republic)--History, Military. Diplomats--Germany--Biography. Biographies. Diaries. Dunker, Hans-Joachim,--1927-2005--Childhood and youth. Munson, Helene--Family. Reichsschule Feldafing (Feldafing, Germany)--Alumni and alumnae--Biography. Waffen-SS.--SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Horst Wessel", 18--Biography.
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- 2024-06-24 13:26:00
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