![]() Hunt (Author) 571 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 19.25 26 Used from 3.21 6 New from 14.55 2 Collectible from 14. It is a provocative story of a family and a community in a period and location in history that, though it is fast becoming remote to us, has important resonance for our own time. On Hitler's Mountain: Overcoming the Legacy of a Nazi Childhood Paperback Illustrated, Januby Ms. ![]() ![]() On Hitler's Mountain is more than a memoir-it is a portrait of a nation that lost its moral compass. As the Nazi crimes began to be accounted for, many Germans tried to deny the truth of what had occurred Hunt, in contrast, was determined to know and face the facts of her country's criminal past. In May 1945, an eleven-year-old Hunt watched American troops occupy Hitler's mountain retreat, signaling the end of the Nazi dictatorship and World War II. ![]() As she grew older, the harsh reality of war-and a few brave adults who opposed the Nazi regime-aroused in her skepticism of National Socialist ideology and the Nazi propaganda she was taught to believe in. In her powerful, illuminating, and sometimes frightening memoir, Hunt recounts a youth lived under an evil but persuasive leader. Irmgard Hunt, author of One Hitlers Mountain: Overcoming the Legacy of a Nazi Childhood (published by William Morrow) will discuss her 2005 book and sign. Growing up in the beautiful mountains of Berchtesgaden-just steps from Adolf Hitler's alpine retreat-Irmgard Hunt had a seemingly happy, simple childhood. ![]()
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