When Piotr's parents are killed by a tank and he is sent to a orphanage he has little idea of how lucky he is to have blond hair and German ancestry. He is adopted by the Kaltenbrauch and is taught how to be a good German. At first he enjoys being part of German, joining the Hitler Youth and dreams of being a Luftwaffe pilot, however he is soon exposed to the reality behind the propaganda and the decisions he makes will change his life forever.You would think with a topic like World War Two every story has been told and every horror revealed but by telling the story through the eyes of a child Dowswell shows the true horror of what the Nazis did - how they corrupted and warped normal life. He shows how a normal boy can be seduced by the Nazis and the culture of fear and suspicion that permeated German life at that time. Yet this is not a preachy book that you feel you should read but a thrilling story that grips you from the first and only lets you go when you have finished.
"It was a sad, rotten business, not being able to trust people. Anna had always known that she and her family were different. Finding out who else was like them was a dangerous, treacherous game. The Gestapo, they had heard, sent agent provocateurs to catch people out. It was even whispered someone would tell an anti-Hitler joke, and then report you if you laughed, or even report you if you did not report them for telling the joke."
Read more;
+ http://www.pauldowswell.co.uk
No comments:
Post a Comment