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Vintage paperback with minimal wear. Clean pages. Sold as is. History Alfons Heck was born in Germany in 1928 and was indoctrinated into the Hitler Youth at a young age, eventually rising to the rank of a high-ranking youth leader during World War II. After the war ended and he immigrated to the United States, he dedicated much of his later life to educating the public about the psychological mechanisms of totalitarian indoctrination. His memoirs serve as primary source accounts detailing how the National Socialist regime systematically captured the minds of German children through structured propaganda and peer pressure. Published in 1985, 'A Child of Hitler' became an important autobiographical contribution to Holocaust and World War II studies, often utilized in educational settings to illustrate the vulnerability of youth under fascist regimes. The book provides an unvarnished look at the author's complete devotion to Adolf Hitler prior to experiencing the catastrophic collap