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Witnesses of War

Children's Lives Under the Nazis

Children's Lives Under the Nazis

By Nicholas Stargardt

By Nicholas Stargardt

By Nicholas Stargardt

By Nicholas Stargardt

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Jan 09, 2007 | ISBN 9781400033799

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    About Witnesses of War

    A groundbreaking study of what happened to children—of all nationalities and religions—living under the Nazi regime. Drawing on a wide range of new sources, Witnesses of War reveals the stories of life under the Third Reich as never before. As the Nazis overran Europe, children were saved or damned according to their race. Turning to an untouched wealth of original material—school assignments; juvenile diaries; letters; and even accounts of children’s games—Nicholas Stargardt breaks stereotypes of victimhood and trauma to give us the gripping individual stories of the generation Hitler made.

    About Witnesses of War

    A groundbreaking study of what happened to children—of all nationalities and religions—living under the Nazi regime. Drawing on a wide range of new sources, Witnesses of War reveals the stories of life under the Third Reich as never before. As the Nazis overran Europe, children were saved or damned according to their race. Turning to an untouched wealth of original material—school assignments; juvenile diaries; letters; and even accounts of children’s games—Nicholas Stargardt breaks stereotypes of victimhood and trauma to give us the gripping individual stories of the generation Hitler made.

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    About Nicholas Stargardt

    Nicholas Stargardt, the son of a German-Jewish father and Australian mother, was born in Melbourne and brought up in Australia, Japan, and England. He is a professor of modern European history at Magdalen College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the Royal… More about Nicholas Stargardt

    About Nicholas Stargardt

    Nicholas Stargardt, the son of a German-Jewish father and Australian mother, was born in Melbourne and brought up in Australia, Japan, and England. He is a professor of modern European history at Magdalen College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the Royal… More about Nicholas Stargardt

    Product Details

    Category: European World History | Politics

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Vintage
    Jan 09, 2007 | 528 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9781400033799

    Category: European World History | Politics

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Vintage
    Dec 18, 2007 | 528 Pages | ISBN 9780307430304

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    Praise

    “Impressive. . . . In comprehensively studying a population defined not by race, religion or nationality but by age, Stargardt has added considerably and imaginatively to the scholarship of the Holocaust and war.” —The Baltimore Sun

    “Magnificent. . . . Stargardt is brilliant. . . . His great achievement is to touch us with the experiences of all these children.” —The Guardian (London)

    “Stargardt tells this uncomfortable tale at its bitterest moment, from the point of view of the children who perished under Nazism or lived through it.” —The Washington Post Book World

    “Illuminating. . . . Witnesses of War belongs on the bookshelf on anyone who purports to know the history of the 20th century. . . . An important contribution to the study of the war’s psychological impact on children.” —Houston Chronicle

    Table Of Contents

    Illustrations
    Maps
    Acknowledgements
    The Right to a Name
    Dramatis Personae

    Introduction

    PART ONE: The Home Front
    i Germans at War
    ii Disciplined Youth
    iii Medical Murder

    PART TWO: The Race War
    iv Lebensraum
    v The Great Crusade
    vi Deportation
    vii The Family Camp

    PART THREE: The War Comes Home
    viii Bombing
    ix Forced Out
    x The Final Sacrifice

    PART FOUR: Afterwards
    xi The Defeated
    xii The Liberated

    Endnotes
    Glossary of Place Names
    Archival Sources
    Bibliography
    Index

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