Flowers in the gutter :
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TextPublication details: New York : Dutton Books, [2020]Description: 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780525555414Other title: True story of the Edelweiss Pirates, teenagers who resisted the NazisSubject(s): Edelweisspiraten (Resistance groups) -- Juvenile literature. -- History | Anti-Nazi movement -- Juvenile literature. -- Germany | World War, 1939-1945 -- Juvenile literature. -- Underground movements -- Germany | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Juvenile literature. -- Germany | Teenagers -- Juvenile literature. -- History -- 20th century -- Germany | Children's and Teenage: History and Warfare | Children's / Teenage general interest: Warfare, battles, armed forces | Europe | Children's / Teenage general interest: People & places | Educational: History | Children's / Teenage social issues: War & conflict issues | Educational: Geography | Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Family issues | Children's / Teenage general interest: History & the pastAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Flowers in the gutterDDC classification: 940.5343 LOC classification: DD256.3 | .G29 2020Summary: "The Edelweiss Pirates were a loosely organized group of working-class young people in the Rhine Valley of Germany. They faced off with Nazis during the Third Reich and suffered consequences for their resistance during and after World War II."-- Thetrue story of the Edelweiss Pirates, working-class teenagers who fought the Nazisby whatever means they could. Fritz, Gertrud, and Jean were classic outsiders: their clothes were different, their music was rebellious, and they weren't afraid to fight. But they were also Germans living under Hitler, and any nonconformity could get them arrested or worse. As children in 1933, they saw their world change. Their earliest memories were of the Nazi rise to power and of their parents fighting Brownshirts in the streets, being sent to prison, or just disappearing.As Hitler's grip tightened, these three found themselves trapped in a nation whose government contradicted everything they believed in. And by the time they were teenagers, the Nazis expected them to be part of the war machine. Fritz, Gertrud, and Jean and hundreds like them said no. They grew bolder, painting anti-Nazi graffiti, distributing anti-war leaflets, and helping those persecuted by the Nazis. Their actions were always dangerous. The Gestapo pursued and arrested hundreds of Edelweiss Pirates. In World War II's desperate final year, some Pirates joined in sabotage and armed resistance, risking the Third Reich's ultimate punishment. This is their story.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-292) and index.
"The Edelweiss Pirates were a loosely organized group of working-class young people in the Rhine Valley of Germany. They faced off with Nazis during the Third Reich and suffered consequences for their resistance during and after World War II."-- Thetrue story of the Edelweiss Pirates, working-class teenagers who fought the Nazisby whatever means they could. Fritz, Gertrud, and Jean were classic outsiders: their clothes were different, their music was rebellious, and they weren't afraid to fight. But they were also Germans living under Hitler, and any nonconformity could get them arrested or worse. As children in 1933, they saw their world change. Their earliest memories were of the Nazi rise to power and of their parents fighting Brownshirts in the streets, being sent to prison, or just disappearing.As Hitler's grip tightened, these three found themselves trapped in a nation whose government contradicted everything they believed in. And by the time they were teenagers, the Nazis expected them to be part of the war machine. Fritz, Gertrud, and Jean and hundreds like them said no. They grew bolder, painting anti-Nazi graffiti, distributing anti-war leaflets, and helping those persecuted by the Nazis. Their actions were always dangerous. The Gestapo pursued and arrested hundreds of Edelweiss Pirates. In World War II's desperate final year, some Pirates joined in sabotage and armed resistance, risking the Third Reich's ultimate punishment. This is their story.
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