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The Boys Who Fought The Nazis, By Kristin Lewis

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In, "The Boys Who Fought The Nazis" by Kristin Lewis, Information was a powerful tool, to both the Nazis and the boys. To the Nazis, controlling information given to the public was key to keeping power. For the boys, gathering and spreading information was the only way they could rebel against the Nazi power.

The Nazis needed to keep information hidden and controlled to keep their power. Hitler came to power by using blame and hate against groups to gather support from Germans, and kept power by controlling what the public was told. All forms of media could only praise the Nazis, and were not allowed to say what was really happening outside of Germany. Those who went against these rules were harshly punished. Kristin writes, "In Nazi Germany, freedom of speech did not exist as it did in the United States." By keeping the view of himself …show more content…

They used resources to gather as much information as possible to spread the truth about what the Nazis were doing in rebellion against them. Because the Germans were not given information, they followed Hitler believing that what he said was happening was true. But when the boys started spreading info about the truth, more people started to realize how terrible the war really was and joined in rebelling, even if in minor ways. Kristen writes, "He wanted all Germans to know the truth. So he hatched a bold plan: he began typing up leaflets that criticized Hitler, the Nazis, and the war." By spreading this information, the boys were able to gather more support in their rebellion against Hitler, and slowly grew more successful in their efforts. In, "The Boys Who Fought The Nazis" by Kristin Lewis, information was the key power held in Nazi Germany, as the Nazis controlled it to keep the Germans unaware and in support of Hitler, and the boys spread the only information they could gather to gain support in their cause against the Nazi

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But because of the information restrictions, there was no other option and they were forced to keep quiet. The three boys described in "The Boys Who Fought the Nazis" were notable outliers. Upon discovering how controlled their media was, they wanted to do something about it, as stated on page 8- "The report confirmed the boy's suspicions that the Nazis were lying to the German people, that the war was wrong, and that Hitler was sending Germans into battles they couldn't win." As well as later that same page, when Lewis writes, " Soon, though, listening wasn't enough- particularly for Helmuth.

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The Helmuth Huebener Group Hitler was an expert of deception. Most German citizens were left in the dark about the war for years due to the use of propaganda, although a few very brave Resistance fighters fought back to this propaganda. Through leaflets to lethal force, Resistance fighters continually tried to spread the truth about Hitler. Helmuth Hubener and his friends were very brave Resistance fighters who tried to expose Hitler’s propaganda. Hitler was able to deceive German citizens throughout the Holocaust; and even during the last few months of the Holocaust, many Germans still believed that Germany was winning the war.

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“Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it. ”-Adolf Hitler. These are the things Hitler did to the Germans. He convinced so many people that he was right and that Germany was the victim of everything that the Allies did to them. It eventually reached to kids and that's what happens with the young boy Dieter in Soldier Boys by Dean Hughes.

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The article,“Teens Who Fought Hitler”, by Lauren Tarshis describes the tragedies that happened during the Holocaust to Ben a Jewish boy, and Ben’s family and all the other Jews which millions perished at the hands of the Nazis including his parents. Ben Kamm lived during one of the most horrific and traumatizing events in world history, the Holocaust. Him and his family lived a normal life but in 1918 was when he would no longer live that life when Hitler and the Nazis invaded Warsaw and sent all Jews to the ghetto then to bring them to concentration camps killing them with gas. However, some of the kids went through holes in the walls joining partisan camps to sabotage the Nazis. Thankfully he survived though the unspeakable and unimaginable challenges

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This is shown when the author wrote, “These messages emphasized that the Party was a movement of Youth: dynamic, resilient, forward-looking, and hopeful,”. The Youth of Germany was the future so Hitler saw this as an opportunity to spread his movement. This was a smart idea because it made the Nazis more powerful because of the popularity and growing society, Hitler’s aims for the Hitler Youth was to get boys ready for the military. The author explain the Hitler Youth and wrote, “Founded in 1926, the original purpose of the Hitler Youth was to train boys to enter the SA (Storm Troopers), a Nazi Party paramilitary formation,”. The Hitler Youth readys boys for military to prepare them for his army which is behind the Nazi Movement.

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According to Oxford Academic, “radio propaganda helped the Nazis enroll new party members. After the Nazis established their rule, radio propaganda incited anti-Semitic acts and denunciations of Jews to authorities by ordinary citizens”(DENA). Through this quote, readers are able to see that these radio broadcasts influenced hateful actions onto Jews. This can further point to the fact that these messages can help to increase Nazi power by propaganda because it helped to recruit Nazi soldiers and members. Through these new party members the German army was able to gain more money for the war.

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With its popularity before it was even enforced unto Germany, the Hitler Youth group sought to unite young boys into the Nazi national community as well as preparing them to serve as soldiers for the armed forces (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). The Hitler Youth organization mainly prioritized their focus onto young German boys, while for girls there were youth organizations for them as well, such as the League of German girls (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). Similarly to the Hitler Youth group, the League of German Girls placed a strong emphasis on group sports like rhythmic gymnastics because, according to German health officials, these activities are less physically exhausting on women and will better prepare them for motherhood (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). The overall idea of the youth groups was to train children to become faithful to the Nazi Party and for them to become future leaders of the Nazi state (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). In conclusion, Hitler used youth groups such as the Hitler Youth Program and the League of German Girls to integrate boys and girls into the Nazi national community and to glorify Hitler and his

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