This novel is the account of best friends Michael and Wolfie who are growing up in Nazi Germany. In 1943 when the two boys turn 16, they volunteer for the 12th SS Hitler Youth Panzer unit, and find themselves coming of age on the battlefield. They have both left behind secrets that have altered their loyalties, and now struggle to survive day by day. The boys are caught up in some of the biggest battles of WWII, and they sometimes have to fight against the Canadians. The novel contains much information about the Hitlerjugend and the ways in which young people were persuaded to volunteer and then to join in active combat. They eventually come to see the ugliness of Hitler's plans and turn against their Nazi commanders.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2020.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- C813/.6
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781553805748 1553805720
- LCCN
- PZ7.1B64463
- LCCN Item number
- Se 2019eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- NLC
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (298 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)kck00241095 (OCoLC)1191845049 (CaOOCEL)480328
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- NLC
Table of Contents
- Old Mans Wisdom 9
- Fritz 23
- The Satchel 46
- Golden Gods 57
- Liebe Mama und lieber Papa 64
- Heil Hitler Paula 64
- Hear No Evil See No Evil Speak No Evil 65
- Lullaby 89
- Berlin and the Angel 98
- Max and Moritz 123
- More 131
- Schnapps 141
- Good Night Mama 148
- Goodbye 154
- Training 166
- Dearest Michael and Wolfie 168
- Heil Hitler Your liebende Mama 168
- Lorelei 175
- Battle 184
- Wolfie 194
- Revenge 210
- Sorrow 226
- Grace 232
- The Red Army 256
- The Lake 268
- Berlin 274
- Not Without You 288
- Prisoners 299
- Departure 304
- Secrets in the Shadows Secrets in the Shadows 307
- Secrets in the Shadows Secrets in the Shadows 309
