Hitler Youth Quotes

“By nature, human beings search for ways to make sense and meaning out of their lives and their world. One way that we make meaning is through the telling of our stories. Stories connect us, teach us, and warn us never to forget.”
― Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow

“In the end, I felt hope. I realized that my soul was not permanently scarred after all. I was still a human being."

—Karl Schnibbe”
― Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow

“What good are kindness, self-sacrifice, energy, and a sense of responsibility if they are so jealously guarded that only one's brothers and sisters may benefit from them?"

—Melita Maschmann”
― Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow

“What I want most of all is that you live in uprightness and freedom of spirit, no matter how difficult that may be.

—Robert Scholl”
― Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow