On Hitler's Mountain: Overcoming the Legacy of a Nazi Childhood
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (964 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060532181 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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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. As the Nazi crimes began to be accounted for, many Germans tried to deny the truth of what had occurred; Hunt, in contrast, was determined to know and face the facts of her country's criminal past.On Hitler's Mountain is more than a memoir -- it is a portrait of a nation that lost its moral compass. 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 dictators
From Publishers Weekly Hunt's moving, unsettling memoir is part of a literary and historical trend: examining the lives of ordinary Germans during WWII. . Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. B&w photos. She also shows how Nazism pervaded day-to-day life. Those looking for an explanation of the Hitler phenomenon will be disappointed, but readers who want a richly textured memoir of a German girl during WWII will find it here. She was born in 1934 in an intriguing locale—Berchtesgaden in Bavaria, where Hitler set up his headquarters. Although she portrays herself as uncomfortable with the regime, she pushed to join the Hitler Youth, only to leave it in the final months of the wa
Highly Recomended Athena I enjoy reading books on WW II and I especially enjoy personal memoirs. Hunt's book is one of the most fascinating that I have read and very enjoyable. Hunt shares family photos not available elsewhere. If you enjoy reading WW II memoirs and want to know more about what day to day life was like for a girl growing . Mary H. said Five Stars. Easy readingreally enjoyed this book.. "Five Stars" according to Yih Yee Wong. Love the book, thank you.