David Chotjewitz's Daniel Half Human And The Good Nazi

Recalling his devoted years to the Hitler Youth program, author Alfons Heck states “I have never once during the Hitler years thought of myself as anything but a decent, honorable young German, blessed with a glorious future” (206). This honesty conveyed by Heck elucidates the selfish ideals of those in the Hitler Youth, a theme apparent in the novel A Child of Hitler. Although Heck’s thoughts are self-conceited, they convey the opinions of those decieved by the Hitler Youth principles. As politically incorrect as these principles were, A Child of Hitler portrays them differently than other literature reporting on the subject. Through his descriptions of daily activities, Heck describes the pressure that children faced as Hitler Youth.

Hitler and the Holocaust is a very informational novel written by Robert S. Wistrich that not only explains this horrible time in history, but also gives us a look into the mind of Hitler and Nazi ideology. This book is not just centered on Hitler and Germany as it my sound, antisemitism spread like a plague all across Europe even before the Holocaust took place. In this work, Wistrich is not making an argument, but is trying to find an explanation on why so many inhumane actions were allowed.

The powerful and gripping novel The Boy Who Dared, written by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, is a Newbery Honor book. The novel is based on Helmuth Hubener who lived during the Holocaust when the Nazis were rising to power in 1933. Helmuth was one of the very few young boys who tried to expose Hitler to the people of Germany. Hitler was torturing the Jews and declaring wars on countries just because he wanted war. He also ruined Jewish shops and destroyed their futures. The Boy Who Dared shows historical accuracy in many ways, especially as it focuses on Helmuth’s life, the

Throughout history, people all over the world have discovered the importance of freedom, the difference is how each person reacts to it. In The Boy Who Dared, by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Helmuth, the protagonist, lives in the dark, tragic time of WWII, under HItler’s rule. Everyday, in Germany, a freedom is taken away, one by one. Helmuth is one of the few, who dares to stand up against the Nazis to fight back for his freedom. In this novel, the author uses techniques such as symbolism, flashbacks, and descriptive language to emphasize the importance of freedom.

Setting’s Role in Daniel Half Human Daniel Half Human by David Chotjewitz is a fictional narration of Daniel Kraushaar, a teenage boy of German descent who swept up into the rapidly growing nazi movement in the 1930’s. Daniel and his best friend, Armin, had high hopes of one day belonging to the HJ, also known as the Hitler Youth. They even go as far as being arrested one night for painting Nazi slogans on buildings. In Daniel’s household lives his mother, the daughter of Jewish parents who have never belonged to the Jewish community, and his father, a prominent attorney and decorated World War I veteran. Daniel never knew that his mother was of jewish descent, because she never belonged to the jewish community so she lived believing that

The parents have played a very important role in Daniels life. They brought him up always showing him what's wrong and what's right, what choices to make, and who to trust. Being a parent means that you should always be in control of your children for as long as possible. Daniel was said to be the type that needed guidance even though he came across as a strong and independent. His mother knew this, but even she was scared of what he was capable of. When times got rough the parents backed off and let him make his own choices. That wasn’t the best move to make. The parents might have shown love and affection to Daniel but they truly couldn’t see what was going on. If only they had paid enough attention to Daniel maybe they could witness how badly he was coming off the rails. They could of helped him. Helped him to make the right choices.

He is stunned by how The officer “casually raise his pistol’(36) and kills Aunt Leah. Daniel wonders how the officer could shoot Leah without showing emotion, casually as if he did this every day. Which he most likely did. Daniel is so impacted that he “doesn't even cry”, He knew that the Nazis didn't like Jews but how could this hatred justify for killing another human. And he wonders how his entire race is beginning to be wiped out, and few people even know. The significance of this of this event how daniel remembers Her. Even though she was strict she loved her children and made the ultimate sacrifice for them, but it was in vain. Daniel will remember her sacrifice and feel sorrow for all the people he has seen

Larson, Erik. In the garden of beasts: love, terror, and an American family in Hitlers Berlin. 375 pages. New York: Crown Publishing Group, 2011.

You would think, a young boy, sent to different camps, fighting to live, gets luckily abandoned by the surrendering Nazis and saved by the allies. But, the story is so much more. The boy is taken from everything he knows and loves and has to find a way to live. He is left with nothing and everything valuable is taken away. He is then marked as an object and treated worse than a

The Nazi Hunters by Neal Bascomb is based on a true story of the capturing of an S.S. Officer after World War 2. The book goes through the background of Adolf Eichmann and then which S over to the steps that lead up to his capture. Overall it is a pretty good book that will keep the reader on edge as the try to capture him.

The members of the national socialists party such as Hitler, the Commandant and Lt Kotler contribute to the novel’s portrayal of prejudice and discrimination, contrasting the horrific nature of this period in history with Bruno’s purity. For Example, "Ah,those people," said Father, nodding his head. "Those people...well there not people at all, Bruno" p.53. This quote perfectly describes the prejudice and discrimination the Jews encountered, particularly through their dehumanisation. This is a perfect example of a child "inheriting" his father's prejudice towards a specific culture,“And I can speak French too,” she added … “yes but why would you want to?” asked the Fury” p.122 , which illustrates

Daniel’s story In Carol Matas book Daniel’s story, gives the Jewish point of view. Shows you how they were treated during the Holocaust. Carol Matas uses Daniel to signify relationships to show how people survived. Such as the relationship between him and Rose and his mom and his dad shows how relationship helped the Jewish people survive.

Peter Fritzche’s book, Germans into Nazis, contends that, “Germans became Nazis because they wanted to become Nazis and because the Nazis spoke so well to their interests and inclinations…however, voters did not back Hitler mainly because they share his hatred of the Jews…but because they departed from established political traditions in that they were identified at once with a distinctly popular form of ethnic nationalism and with the basic social reforms most Germans counted on to ensure national well-being.” (8-9) His argument rests on the notion that the Nazis had a vision for Germany that incorporated Germans into a national community, throwing off the restraints of a tired government, and propelled them towards a future that would

The Youth group was used to train youths (especially boys) to help out in the Nazi Army. This also ties into the torture aspect to not only training children so young and punishing them painfully but also, for example, Rudy dealing with the constant abuse from Franz. One example mentioned in the book could be when Franz assigned Rudy and Tommy Müller to run laps because of a mistake caused by Tommy when marching. Little did Franz know, Tommy had issues hearing which caused Rudy to tell Franz yet no care given (Zusak, The Whistler: Rudy's Youth). Hearing this really shows how ruthless society was and how enforced it was to make the youth be prepared to handle the cold conditions of war.

In the Hitler Youth movement, created in 1922, each child born had to join an extremely tough military training in preparation for any kind of war. Many children did not know why they were training in that way. Yet for them just the feeling in being proud and brave was enough to continue in their tasks. They enjoyed being the center of attention and the object of the adult desires. We can say that the Nazis system in