Ensnared in the Wolf's Lair inside the 1944 plot to kill Hitler and the ghost children of his revenge
"'I've come on orders from Berlin to fetch the three children.' --Gestapo agent, August 24, 1944. With those chilling words, Christa von Hofacker and her younger siblings found themselves ensnared in a web of family punishment designed to please one man--Adolf Hitler. The furious dictator sought mer...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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National Geographic,
[2021]
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| Summary: | "'I've come on orders from Berlin to fetch the three children.' --Gestapo agent, August 24, 1944. With those chilling words, Christa von Hofacker and her younger siblings found themselves ensnared in a web of family punishment designed to please one man--Adolf Hitler. The furious dictator sought merciless revenge against not only Christa's father and the other Germans who had just tried to overthrow his government. He wanted to torment their relatives, too, regardless of age or stature. All of them. Including every last child." -- Back cover. "The stories of the children whose families were torn apart as a result of a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in 1944"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 143 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Audience: | Ages 10 and up Grades 4-6 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-139) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781426338540 1426338546 9781426338557 1426338554 |
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