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 PATHFINDERS                  TOP
Methuen High School Media Center--Methuen, MA
Pathfinders are pages that offer students selected resources in a variety of media on a topic 
they are researching. They provide a head start for students as they begin their research project.

Hitler Youth

To find books in the MHS Media Center, open Spectrum (the electronic card catalog) located on the student desktop. Type in the topic you want to search. If you don't already have a topic, you 
can find some lists of books on the Hitler Youth by typing in:

Hitler Youth.
Hitler-Jugend
National socialism
Youth--Germany--Societies and clubs
Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945

Some titles we have are:

940.086
KEE		 Keeley, Jennifer. Life in the Hitler Youth.  San Diego, CA : 
Lucent Books, 2000.
943.086
BAR		 Bartoletti, Susan Campbell.  Hitler Youth : Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow.  NY: Scholastic, 2005.
943.086
LAC		 Lace, William W.  The Nazis. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven, 2002.
943.086
RIS		 The Rise of Nazi Germany.  Edited by Don Nardo. San Diego, CA : 
Greenhaven Press, 1999.
940.53
PER		 Perel, Soloman. Europa, Europa. Translated from the German by 
Margot Bettauer Dembo. NY : Wiley, in association with the United States 
Holocaust Museum, 1997.

SELECTED WEB SITES

Hitler Youth Movement Resource Page
 http://militaryhistory.about.com/library/blhitleryouth.htm
A list of web sites containing information about the youth movement in Hitler's Germany. 

HitlerJugend
http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?c=gvKVLcMVIuG&b=358201 
The Simon Wiesenthal Center where there are pictures available, as well as links to related topics.

Hitler Youth
 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERyouth.htm
Buried under a page of advertising is an article about the boys and girls of the Hitler youth 
with links to more information. Scroll down to where the article starts. Below the article are 
some abstracts of primary source material.

The Hitler Youth (1938)
http://www.historyguide.org/europe/youth.html
READ CAREFULLY. After the introduction is a propaganda piece put out in relation to a 
book of poems written by some of the Hitler Youth. This is a primary source document 
which shows the glorification of both the youth of Hitler's Germany and the culture of his 
country.

Hitler Youth Speakers
http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/hjredner.htm 
"The following essay was published in the Nazi monthly for propagandists. 
The author, Erich Fehlberg, is identified as an official in the Hitler Youth national office. 
The essay outlines the Hitler Youth speaker system." (From the website)

Youth Ceremonies: Rites of Passage for the Youth
http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/jufeier.htm
A "how to" manual for organizing and presenting ceremonies for the 14 and 15 year-old
youth in Nazi Germany. From the Nazi Propaganda Archives, this article gives detailed
information on the ceremonies performed for graduation from school, the transition from the 
Young People to the Hitler Youth, beginning an apprenticeship, etc.

Youth and the War
http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/goeb33.htm
This speech of Joseph Goebbels outlines "the duties of the German youth during 
the war. Goebbels explains that the Hitler Youth (HJ) and the League of German Girls (BDM) 
are taking on part of the parental role, since fathers are at war and mothers are working 
to support the troops." (from the website)

Hitler Youth
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/hitleryouth/index.html
A 5 chapter book which provides the complete history of the youth movement, the Hitler
Youth at the height of their power, and what happened to them after the war. There are 
photographs as well as some audio.

ONLINE RESOURCES

Infotrac -- contains databases of magazine articles, a biography resource, and health and business references.  Try Reference Center Gold, Expanded Academic ASAP, and Biography Resource Center.

bigchalk eLibrary -- online reference center including books, magazines, newspapers, pictures, maps, and TV transcripts. For biographies, use Biography Resource Center found here.

Massachusetts Newsstand -- newspaper articles from the Boston Globe (1980 - current), Boston Herald (1991 - current), and ten other Massachusetts newspapers.

Grolier Online -- 2 electronic encyclopedias-- New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.  Articles in these encyclopedias link you to other articles and also to relevant web sites where you can find more information on your topic.

REMOTE ACCESS

These databases are also available from home. You can gain access to these resources from 
home by going to the Answers...To Go! web page made available from the 
Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System:

http://www.nmrls.org/answers/dbmvlc.html

Select a database and enter your public library card number (from Methuen or 
any MVLC member library) where you are prompted for a patron or user number.

CITING SOURCES

Using these links indicates the user is leaving 
the district server and that linked material
is not necessarily approved by the district.

 Edited by Media Staff
11/14/08
Date last edited
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