Adolf Hitler

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

Listen to Hitler addressing his army and special forces in 1933
In Nazi Germany the army were known as the SA and the special forces the SS.

Newsreel footage of a huge public rally in 1933
This event featured hundreds of thousands of boys and girls singing and giving the Nazi salute.

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A huge Hitler Youth festival in 1938

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A video about Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939

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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.
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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
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