In Hitler's Shadow (1945-2018 - Postwar Germany & The Girls Of The BDM)

In the wake of Germany’s unconditional surrender in May 1945 and Japan’s subsequent surrender later that July, across the world the Allied press proclaimed ‘Victory War is Over’! The truth for many Germans, particularly girls of the former Bund Deutscher Madel or BDM, was that a new war was now just beginning.In Hitler's Shadow conveys the hopes, the horrors and the aftermath of the Second World War in the form of eye witness testimonies, diary entries and interviews. Through the eyes of the BDM girls, it recounts the struggle to rebuild lives destroyed by years of war, and how a country came to terms with the terrible truth of the 'war crimes' committed in their name. The result is powerful, sad, harrowing, humorous and shocking. In the realms of the study of female Hitler Youth organisations in Nazi Germany, In Hitler's Shadow has no equal.Illustrated - 20 Originally Released in 2018, this is the 2018 Digital Release.Born in to a military family, Tim Heath’s interest in history led him to research the air war of the Second World War, focussing on the German Luftwaffe and writing extensively for The Armourer Magazine. During the course of his research he has worked closely with the German War Graves Commission at Kassel, Germany, and met with German families and veterans alike. Following the successful debut of Hitler’s Girls, The Jungle War Against the Japanese will be Tim Heath’s latest contribution to retelling the heavily scrutinised Second World War from a fresh perspective. From the author of Hitler’s Girls comes the revealing true story of the aftermath of WWII—told by the Third Reich’s fallen “Angels of Death” themselves. In the wake of Germany’s unconditional surrender in May 1945 and Japan’s subsequent surrender later that July, the Allied press proclaimed across the world “Victory! War is Over!” The truth for many Germans, particularly the teenage girls of the former Bund Deutscher Mädel, was that a new war was just beginning. They were members of the League of German Girls—ten to eighteen-years old—who had been indoctrinated and trained as armed “she-devils” of the Third Reich. Drawing on eyewitness accounts, diary entries, and rare interviews with nearly forty members of the BDM, historian Tim Heath reveals the post-war hopes, horrors, and confusion through the eyes of the female wing of Hitler Youth. He recounts their struggle to rebuild their lives destroyed by years of war, and how a country, and these young women, came to terms with the terrible war crimes they were party to. Through these “interesting and sometimes horrifying accounts of how these women fared in the dying days of the Reich and in post-war Germany,” In Hitler’s Shadow sheds light on on one of the darkest times of the twentieth century (Historical Novel Society). From the author of Hitler's Girls comes the revealing true story of the aftermath of WWII-told by the Third Reich's fallen "Angels of Death" themselves. In the wake of Germany's unconditional surrender in May 1945 and Japan's subsequent surrender later that July, the Allied press proclaimed across the world "Victory! War is Over!" The truth for many Germans, particularly the teenage girls of the former Bund Deutscher MAdel, was that a new war was just beginning. They were members of the League of German Girls-ten to eighteen-years old-who had been indoctrinated and trained as armed "she-devils" of the Third Reich. Drawing on eyewitness accounts, diary entries, and rare interviews with nearly forty members of the BDM, historian Tim Heath reveals the post-war hopes, horrors, and confusion through the eyes of the female wing of Hitler Youth. He recounts their struggle to rebuild their lives destroyed by years of war, and how a country, and these young women, came to terms with the terrible war crimes they were party to. Through these "interesting and sometimes horrifying accounts of how these women fared in the dying days of the Reich and in post-war Germany," In Hitler's Shadow sheds light on on one of the darkest times of the twentieth century (Historical Novel Society)

In the wake of Germany’s unconditional surrender in May 1945 and Japan’s subsequent surrender later that July, across the world the Allied press proclaimed ‘Victory War is Over’! The truth for many Germans, particularly girls of the former Bund Deutscher Madel, was that a new war was just beginning.In Hitler's Shadow conveys the hopes, the horrors and the aftermath of the Second World War in the form of eye witness testimonies, diary entries and interviews. Through the eyes of the BDM girls, it recounts the struggle to rebuild lives destroyed by years of war, and how a country came to terms with terrible war crimes committed in its name. The result is powerful, sad, harrowing, humorous and shocking. In the realms of the study of female Hitler Youth organizations in Nazi Germany, In Hitler's Shadow has no equal.

About the Author: Born in to a military family, Tim Heath’s interest in history led him to research the air war of the Second World War, focussing on the German Luftwaffe and writing extensively for The Armourer Magazine. During the course of his research he has worked closely with the German War Graves Commission at Kassel, Germany, and met with German families and veterans alike. In Hitler's Shadow is his second book, following the well-received Hitler's Girls that was born out of this research. HISTORY / Military / World War II Based on first-hand accounts and interviews, In Hitler's Shadow is the definitive follow up to Hitler's Girls, a unique account of the lives of German girls in Hitler's youth. In this second volume, we follow the lives and struggles of 'Hitler's Girls' in the aftermath of the war