Cruel World: The Children of Europe in the Nazi WebIn this riveting, powerful narrative, Lynn Nicholas shows how children under the Nazis became mere objects available for use in the service of the totalitarian state. Nicholas recounts the euthanasia and eugenic selection, racist indoctrination, kidnapping and “Germanization,” mass executions, and slave labor to which the Nazis subjected Europe’s children. She also captures the uprooted children’s search for their families in the aftermath of the war. A disturbing and absolutely necessary work, Cruel World opens a new chapter in World War II studies. From the Trade Paperback edition. |
Contents
Prologue | 3 |
Producing the Perfect Nazi | 9 |
Purging the Unfit | 38 |
Increasing the Master Race | 55 |
Education for the New World Order | 68 |
Hitlers Children | 97 |
Seeking Refuge | 127 |
The Nazis Go Global | 193 |
Good Blood | 419 |
Aftermath | 439 |
Notes | 559 |
Bad Blood | 574 |
Bibliography | 597 |
Photo Credits | 607 |
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