A biography of Adolf Hitler beginning with his childhood and youth in Austria and following his rise to power in Nazi Germany before being defeated in World War II.
Describes the Hitler Youth, the state-sponsored youth organization founded by the Nazi regime to train boys and girls ten and older to serve Hitler's government with unquestioning devotion.
A biography examining both the private and public life of the struggling Austrian artist who rose from obscurity to power as the head of the Nazi Party and, eventually, the German nation.
A thirteen-year-old girl describes her journey from the Russian sector of defeated Germany to Cologne on a transport carrying returning refugees in 1946.
Attempts to foresee what might be the political and economic significance of a reunited Germany. Reviews Germany's dark past in two world wars, its division into two hostile states, and the fears of Europeans and others of renewed German independence.
Describes the origin and growth of the Nazi youth organization known as Hitler Jugend, its rigorous testing and training of German boys and girls, and its use in World War II.