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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.

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    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
    Author/Creator
    Munson, Helene, author.
    Published
    New York : The Experiment, [2022]
    Locale
    Germany
    Czech Republic
    Závada (Opava District)
    Závada (Opava District : Czech Republic)
    Contents
    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
    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.

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    Language
    English
    ISBN
    9781615198597
    Physical Description
    308 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

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    2024-06-24 13:26:00
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