Ensnared in the Wolf's Lair : inside the 1944 plot to kill Hitler and the ghost children of his revenge / Ann Bausum.
"'I've come on orders from Berlin to fetch the three children.' --Gestapo agent, August 24, 1944. With those chilling words, Christa von Hofacker and her younger siblings found themselves ensnared in a web of family punishment designed to please one man--Adolf Hitler. The furious dictator sought merciless revenge against not only Christa's father and the other Germans who had just tried to overthrow his government. He wanted to torment their relatives, too, regardless of age or stature. All of them. Including every last child." -- Back cover.
"The stories of the children whose families were torn apart as a result of a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in 1944"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781426338540
- ISBN: 1426338546
- ISBN: 9781426338557
- ISBN: 1426338554
- Physical Description: 143 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Washington : National Geographic, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-139) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction -- Hitler's rise -- Resisting the regime -- Valkyrie -- Hitler's revenge -- The ghost children -- Hitler's demise -- A traumatic shadow -- Timeline -- The Borntal's Sippenhaft families.
- Target Audience Note:
- Grades 4-6 National Geographic Kids.Ages 10 and up National Geographic Kids.
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 8.1 4 514827.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 > Assassination attempts.
Hofacker, Christa von, 1932- > Diaries.
Schenk von Stauffenberg, Klaus Philipp, Graf, 1907-1944 > Family.
Sippenhaft.
Operation Valkyrie, 1944.
World War, 1939-1945 > Children > Germany.
National socialism and children. - Genre:
- Informational works.
Diaries.
Biographies.
Young adult literature.
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- 15 of 15 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Madison Main Library | J 943.086 BAU (Text) | 30229101197738 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
