Child of Hitler: Germany in the Days When God Wore a Swastika

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 228 pages
• Published by: Renaissance House Publishers AZ February 1985
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0939650444
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0939650446
• Book Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Weighs: 11.2 ounces

Boston Globe March 29, 1985
"It is a complicated, lingering history that Heck carries with him."

Los Angeles Times March 7, 1985
"This is savagely good yarn. As good in many respects as Erich Maria Remarque's ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT as a social history of common people in uncommon times."

Reader Reviews
I should have read this book first, but I stumbled onto Mr. Heck's Burden of Hitler's Legacy in my local library. Mr. Heck was 17 years of age when his country was defeated on March 10, 1945. It took him more thirty years to begin to come to terms with what Hitler did to Germany, Europe, and the millions of people who lost their lives, which includes the 6 million Jews, yes, but also the millions and millions of men, women, AND children who died because of Hitler's determination to be all powerful in the world. There were also those millions who lived on, after the war, who would have to adjust to the results of Hitler's need for power. Mr. Heck shows us that Hitler prepared the children of his "beloved" Germany to fight for his vile beliefs and thought nothing of the impact his hatred had on these kids. One of the saddest things that I thought about as I read this gifted writer's treatise about the Hitler Youth movement was the waste of this man's talent. He should have been writing all his life. He should have had the FREEDOM to develop the talents he was born with. Read this book and weep, as I did, when I read Mr. Heck's final paragraph in this powerful, true story of the Hitler Youth. For me, what Hitler did to the children of his country, there are no words to describe what I felt. Just writing this review makes me cry. Mr. Heck, if you are still with us, I hope you will continue to write and publish. And I hope you have peace at last.