Wolfhilde's Hitler Youth Diary 1939-1946

by Wolfhilde von König

Wolfhilde's Hitler Youth Diary
is the chronicle of a girl growing up in Munich
during the most volatile time in world history. WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT THE DIARY Initially, the material upset me emotionally in an unexpected way. It took me some time to re-read the diary entries one by one to gain a calmer perspective. Of course, for 60 years or longer I have been aware of the strategies and tactics, the techniques and methods applied and utilized by the Nazi regime to contaminate and poison the minds and souls of people-beginning with children from the age of 10-with its fierce, all-embracing ideology. Never, before reading Wolfhilde's Hitler Youth Diary, have I been confronted with such massive, monstrous evidence as to what the Nazi regime was doing to us-and how they did it. What is presented here in the diary of a girl from 13 through 21 years of age is a textbook example-concrete evidence-of how they did it. Wolfgang Schleich, 1928-
Journalist. Retired since 1990 from Radio Free Europe,
where he worked for almost 35 years as a reporter, editor,
traveling correspondent and head of the network's Berlin Bureau.

Genres: Biography, Memoir

320 pages, Hardcover

First published January 11, 2013

Reviews

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is a diary, so don’t expect it to be a gripping tale with a conclusion. However it does provide fascinating glimpses of what it must have been like to be part of the well indoctrinated Hitler youth during the war. The author remains a believer in the Fuhrer throughout and is curiously silent on his demise at the end. Silence also on the fate of Jews who must have lived in her community except for one comment toward the end where she doesn’t want to treat them in hospital. Probably still in a state of denial at that time. It is a story of someone determined to better themself and to help others with a positive attitude throughout the war despite the continual bombing and destruction of her home city.

[Felicia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Boring

This was the first book I read from the perspective of a person on Hitler’s side, but I found it boring and very disappointing. How did she FEEL about the effects of the war? About anything? Really boring.

[Jessica McDonald · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite good, not as detailed as I would like, but it was a real diary, and that of a child in Hitler Youth, so she wouldn't have had much time to write in her diary. It helped a lot with the history assignment I did on the Hitler Youth :)

[Jcsloan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Authentic experience of a teen member of Hitler Youth. Author's name is correctly spelled Wolfhilde von Konig.