The Hitler Youth: Origins and Development 1922-1945 - Softcover

Koch, H. W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0815410840 ISBN 13: 9780815410843

Publisher: Cooper Square Press, 2000

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Koch is a lecturer at the university of York and Visiting Professor at theHochschule fur Politik, Munich.

Review:

This well-documented and well-presented account of the intensifying authoritarian regimentation of German youth is likely to be the most satisfying we shall ever have....The author's analysis is shrewd and the incidental detail at times engagingly bizarre. (The Economist)

Koch, born in Munich, brings a personal perspective of a brief membership in the Hitler Youth to bear on the rise and fall of this sometimes tragic, oftem pathetic, organization. By diligent use of Nazi Party and Hitler Youth archives, Koch has fashioned the best treatment of the Hitler Youth phenomenon yet published in English. (Library Journal)

About this edition

• Publisher: Cooper Square Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0815410840
• ISBN 13: 9780815410843
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 380