What are the motifs in Child of Hitler: Germany in the Days When God Wore a Swastika by Alfons Heck?

Guilt is a recurring idea. Indoctrination led to Alfons's identification with the Hitler Youth and Hitler's regime, along with his deep admiration of and loyalty to Adolf Hitler himself. German Nationalism produced a sense of unity among Germans and loyalty to the German State as represented by Hitler. Hitler then imposed his values on the German people which they largely accepted with great enthusiasm. Hitler employed vast amounts of unemployed Germans in the government and armed forces, revived Germany's industrial base and currency and promoted a profound hostility to those deemed subhuman—invalids, the handicapped, racial minorities and particularly and above all, the Jews.