![]() There was even a radio station, Radio Werewolf, that rallied children with the cry of “Besser tot als rot” – better dead than red. This identification of the inclination to deny citizens the right to keep and bear arms with National Socialism and Adolf Hitler has been strengthened recently by clever magazine advertisements which show Hitler with his arm outstretched in a Roman salute under a heading: All in favor of gun control raise your right hand. At the battle of Berlin in April and May 1945, boys and girls were on the frontline using their quasi-military training in a last effort to stop the Soviet Army invading Berlin. German soldiers refresh themselves beside a field gun after the Allied attack on Dieppe. Jewish civilians are forced to march by SS soldiers in this 1943 photo during the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland. In reality, the scenes were not much different. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler with Wehrmacht Field Marshal Gunther von Kluge and Commander of the 7th Panzer Division Erwin Rommel. In Jojo Rabbit, this episode is parodied when Jojo’s friend Yorki struggles to hold one of the weapons, which is twice the size of him, before dropping it and accidently blowing out a building. One of the most shocking situations children found themselves in was being armed with anti-tank ‘panzerfausts’ and anti-aircraft guns. The blind determination of a defeated Germany saw the regime push children to participate in dangerous situations and risk almost certain death. Susan Campbell Bartoletti is the award-winning author of many books for young readers, including the Newbery Honor-winning nonfiction book, Hitler Youth. (Photo by Arthur Grimm/ullstein bild via Getty Images) Where did children fight on the front lines in WW2? Members of the Hitler Youth who were conscripted to the Volkssturm with a machine gun in the defence of Berlin in April 1945. Mitzi Reiter is pictured above in the 1930s, when she began an affair with Hitler After one argument in 1931, Hitler stormed out, leaving Geli alone, depressed and tearful. ![]()
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