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Nazi Germany

From 1933 to 1945, this was the Germany Alfons came to know as his own.

Wittlich, Germany

This place was Alfons's hometown and the setting of most of the book.

National Socialist German Workers Party Congress

This was the 1938 Nazi Congress where Hitler gave a world famous speech and electrified audiences. Alfons was in the audience.

The Gymnasium

This was the most elite group of German public secondary schools, to which Alfons gained entry.

KZ/Concentration Camp

These were littered across Germany and the countries it conquered. Millions died there, particularly Jews and anti-Nazis.

Flying Hitler Youth

Alfons was a member of this group. They prepared to enter the Luftwaffe when they became adults.

Hitler Youth

This was Hitler's organization of German children who were to be indoctrinated to worship him and to kill and be killed for the Third Reich.

The SS

This was the most ruthless...

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