On Hitler's Mountain Overcoming the Legacy of a Nazi Childhood

Name: On Hitler's Mountain Overcoming the Legacy of a Nazi Childhood
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ISBN: 9780060532185

ISBN-10: 0060532181

ISBN-13: 9780060532185

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Authors: Irmgard A. Hunt

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Growing up in the beautiful mountains of Berchtesgaden -- just steps from Adolf Hitler's alpine retreat -- Irmgard Hunt had a seemingly happy, simple childhood. In her powerful, illuminating, and sometimes frightening memoir, Hunt recounts a youth lived under an evil but persuasive leader. As she grew older, the harsh reality of war -- and a few brave adults who opposed the Nazi regime -- aroused in her skepticism of National Socialist ideology and the Nazi propaganda she was taught to believe in. In May 1945, an eleven-year-old Hunt watched American troops occupy Hitler's mountain retreat, signaling the end of the Nazi dictatorship and World War II. As the Nazi crimes began to be…

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List price: $16.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 1/31/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.68" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Preface: On Writing a Childhood Memoir



The Pohlmanns 1906-1934



Roots of Discontent



In Search of a Future



Hitler's Willing Followers 1934-1939



The Rituals of Life



"Heil Hitler"



Ominous Undercurrents



Meeting Hitler



Gathering Clouds



War and Surrender 1939-1945



Early Sacrifice



Learning to Hate School



Lessons from a Wartime Friendship



A Weary Interlude in Selb



Hardship and Disintegration



War Comes to Berchtesgaden



The End at Last



Bitter Justice, or Will Justice Be Done? 1945-1948



Survival Under the Star-Spangled Banner



The Curse of the Past



Escape from Darkness


Epilogue


Acknowledgments