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From: 4joyces at mchsi.com <4joyces>
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:59:38 +0000
Hilter Youth certainly resonated with me. It finally answered the question that has haunted my mind since childhood (as a child of German ancestry): how could a whole people do this? Answer: brainwash the kids, and turn them against their elders.
Tracking those different young people, who all made different choices, was a brilliant stroke of storytelling, and made fascinating reading. I loved this book. It was one of those rare ones that changed my way of looking at the world.
Joyce Sidman
> We only have one day left to talk about the Sibert Books--and so far no
> talk!
>
> We've already talked about Hitler Youth on CCBC-Net at other times over
> the past few months. It's a book that could certainly lend itself to
> extensive discussion. For me, I not only it found it intruiguing as a
> work of historical documentation, but it also struck me as a book that
> resonates strongly in terms of contemporary issues and the contemporary
> lives of adolescents, who, in one way or another, face many questions
> about what they believe in and how they will act because of--or in spite
> of--those beliefs. Hitler's manipulation of the youth of Germany was
> masterful propaganda. And children and teens today are certainly not
> immune from the influence of ongoing political propaganda in this
> country and elsewhere, although it certainly is structured and plays out
> very differently. Does anyone else see parallels. Has anyone used this
> books with adolescents--do they see any parallels.
>
> And if you haven't yet had a chance to read the Sibert Award Winner,
> Secrets of a Civil War Submarine, we hope you get a chance to do so.
> It's a fascinating work that blends fine research and writing with
> thoughtful design decisions and, like Hitler Youth, is an exemplary work
> of nonfiction.
>
> Megan
>
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Received on Tue 14 Mar 2006 11:59:38 AM CST
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:59:38 +0000
Hilter Youth certainly resonated with me. It finally answered the question that has haunted my mind since childhood (as a child of German ancestry): how could a whole people do this? Answer: brainwash the kids, and turn them against their elders.
Tracking those different young people, who all made different choices, was a brilliant stroke of storytelling, and made fascinating reading. I loved this book. It was one of those rare ones that changed my way of looking at the world.
Joyce Sidman
> We only have one day left to talk about the Sibert Books--and so far no
> talk!
>
> We've already talked about Hitler Youth on CCBC-Net at other times over
> the past few months. It's a book that could certainly lend itself to
> extensive discussion. For me, I not only it found it intruiguing as a
> work of historical documentation, but it also struck me as a book that
> resonates strongly in terms of contemporary issues and the contemporary
> lives of adolescents, who, in one way or another, face many questions
> about what they believe in and how they will act because of--or in spite
> of--those beliefs. Hitler's manipulation of the youth of Germany was
> masterful propaganda. And children and teens today are certainly not
> immune from the influence of ongoing political propaganda in this
> country and elsewhere, although it certainly is structured and plays out
> very differently. Does anyone else see parallels. Has anyone used this
> books with adolescents--do they see any parallels.
>
> And if you haven't yet had a chance to read the Sibert Award Winner,
> Secrets of a Civil War Submarine, we hope you get a chance to do so.
> It's a fascinating work that blends fine research and writing with
> thoughtful design decisions and, like Hitler Youth, is an exemplary work
> of nonfiction.
>
> Megan
>
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