In Hitler's Shadow

From the author of Hitler's Girls comes the revealing true story of the aftermath of WWII-told by the Third Reich's fallen "e;Angels of Death"e; themselves. In the wake of Germany's unconditional surrender in May 1945 and Japan's subsequent surrender later that July, the Allied press proclaimed across the world "e;Victory! War is Over!"e; The truth for many Germans, particularly the teenage girls of the former Bund Deutscher Madel, was that a new war was just beginning. They were members of the League of German Girls ten to eighteen-years old who had been indoctrinated and trained as armed "e;she-devils"e; of the Third Reich. Drawing on eyewitness accounts, diary entries, and rare interviews with nearly forty members of the BDM, historian Tim Heath reveals the post-war hopes, horrors, and confusion through the eyes of the female wing of Hitler Youth. He recounts their struggle to rebuild their lives destroyed by years of war, and how a country, and these young women, came to terms with the terrible war crimes they were party to. Through these "e;interesting and sometimes horrifying accounts of how these women fared in the dying days of the Reich and in post-war Germany,"e; In Hitler's Shadow sheds light on on one of the darkest times of the twentieth century (Historical Novel Society).