The Murder Of Herbert Norkus Chapter Summaries

I think the theme of Book was to gave the readers an insight of what the German and go into the view of the Germans. Each chapter talked about a different part or timeline of the Hitler's Youth. I don't think there was an argument in this book, but it was to educate the readers.
In The Chapter called The Murder Of Herbert Norkus, It talks about a noy named Herbert Norkus.He is part of a Hitlerjugend, or Hitler Youth organization of teenagers who were dedicated to Adolf Hitler. His mother forbid him to join the Hitler Youth becaise she knew it was dangerous,However, when she died, Herbert's Father allowed him to join the Hitlers Youth. He began to distribute leaflets throughout the Berlin neighborhoods. One day, Herbert and his friend Johannes Kirch were stuffing flyers into tenement mailboxes and spotted boys that were Reds (Communists). The Reds attacked Herbert and Stabbed him six times. Outraged by the brutal murder, the Nazi Party staged a military military funeral. In the chapter called the Hitler's Rise to Power, It begins on Monday, January 30, 1933. The

he took a fieldtrip to a mental hospital in Hamburg with his class. The class was told by the teacher that the mentally ill were a resource drain on Germany and that they did not deserve to live.Physically and mentally ill people interfered with Nazi attempts to create the perfect master race. Nazis started by sterilizing these types of people which evolved into mass murder. Hitler wanted to have a perfect race. Babies that have disorders were killed so after the war, they would not have to use larg amounts of their funds. The Nazis began gathering all the Jews and sending them to concentration camps. Infants, young children, pregnant women, the elderly, the disabled, the weak, and the sick were sent to the gas chambers. The rest were sent to do back breaking work. Millions were killed and very few