Adolf Hitler

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Watch a video clip about Adolph Hitler and the rise of the Nazis.

Website 2
Listen to Hitler addressing his army and special forces (the SA and the SS) in 1933.

Website 3
Find out about the day Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933.

Website 4
Newsreel footage of a huge rally of hundreds of thousands of boys and girls singing and giving the Nazi salute in 1933.

Website 5
See saluting crowds at a massive rally in 1937 at Nuremberg stadium as soldiers parade past Hitler. (NB There is no sound with this clip.)

Website 6
Another huge youth rally in 1938.

Website 7
See some Nazi propaganda posters. (Click on a poster.)

Website 8
Newsreel video of Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939.

Website 9
Photos and video clips of Adolf Hitler.

Website 10
An online guide to the Holocaust, Adolph Hitler and the Nazis. (Videos may not work where you are due to BBC copyright restrictions.)

Website 11
Homework resources on the Holocaust, Hitler and the Second World War. (Explore topics in the top menu.)

Website 12
Watch a video about the Nazis' most notorious concentration camp, Auschwitz.

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About this book

Young Reading Series 3 The Second World War
Adolf Hitler

An informative account of the life of Adolf Hitler, from his childhood in rural Austria to becoming the dictator who led Germany into a bloody world war and murdered over six million Jews in the Holocaust. Part of the Usborne Young Reading series, this book features facts, photographs and links to websites with archive newsreels of historical events.

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Katie Daynes

Katie Daynes has written oodles of books for Usborne, from lifting the flaps on germs and poo, through things to spot in the sea and at school, to the life stories of Nelson Mandela and Marie Antoinette. She wrote My First Chess Book after being taught by her son, Joe Birks, who became the British Under 9 Chess Champion in 2017. She now lives in Yorkshire with her architect husband, two inquisitive children and a hamster called Toffee. When she’s not writing books, Katie likes walking on the blustery moors, meeting friends for coffee and playing competitive board games.

Reader Reviews

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I think the book Adolf Hitler is a very good book ideal for all young readers. In conclusion it's a great book with detail.
Akpomena Ujev, 15th July 2008

Adolf Hitler
Hallo, I've been waiting a long time to read about Adolf Hitler but my greedy friend Alex won't let me read it because he reads one and I mean one page a month! Bye for now Henry P.S. I love the Usborne books they're ace man ace P.P.S I've read Martin Luther King Jr, Tutankkamun and Captain Cook
Henry, 11th March 2008

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