Wilhelm Gehlen witnessed more death than a child should ever see. In this book, looking back on his unique childhood, he provides an intimate glimpse of life ju

“An extraordinary account of a young boy caught up in the middle of a war . . . frank and even funny at times . . . utterly absorbing” (Books Monthly). This

A “candid and revealing memoir shows a normal boy and a family at war and in its aftermath, determined to do what it took to survive . . . fascinating” (The

During the Nazi regime's swift rise to power, no single target of nazification took higher priority than Germany's young people. Well aware that the Nazi party

Delving into genocidal governments of the past, the work covered in this book explores how these genocidal belligerents had recruited and trained their nation's