Author: | H. W. Koch | ISBN: | 9781461661054 |
Publisher: | Cooper Square Press | Publication: | August 8, 2000 |
Imprint: | Cooper Square Press | Language: | English |
Author: | H. W. Koch |
ISBN: | 9781461661054 |
Publisher: | Cooper Square Press |
Publication: | August 8, 2000 |
Imprint: | Cooper Square Press |
Language: | English |
H. W. Koch, himself a former Hitler Youth brings a unique sensitivity and perspective to the history of one of the most fascinating vehicles for Nazi thought and propaganda. He traces the Hitler Youth movement from its antecedents in nineteenth-century German romanticism and pre-1914 youth culture, through the World War I radicaliztion of German youth, to its ultimate exploitation by the Nazi party.
H. W. Koch, himself a former Hitler Youth brings a unique sensitivity and perspective to the history of one of the most fascinating vehicles for Nazi thought and propaganda. He traces the Hitler Youth movement from its antecedents in nineteenth-century German romanticism and pre-1914 youth culture, through the World War I radicaliztion of German youth, to its ultimate exploitation by the Nazi party.