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Discussing the book "A Child of Hitler: Germany in the Days When God Wore a Swastika" with the author and former member of Hitler Youth Alfons Heck and Auschwitz survivor Helen Waterford

BROADCAST: Feb. 20, 1985 | DURATION: 00:57:32

Details

Broadcast Date
Feb. 20, 1985

Physical Format
1 sound tape reel (ca. 55 min.) : 10 1/2 in.

Duration
57 minutes, 32 seconds

Digital Format
WAV

Ownership
The Chicago History Museum

Language
English

Topics

Childhood & Youth World History & Politics

People

Authors, Writers

Tags

Heck, Alfons, 1928---Interviews Waterford, Helen, 1909---Interviews Heck, Alfons, 1928-. Child of Hitler. Heck, Alfons, 1928--Biography. Hitler-Jugend--Biography. National socialism Nazis--Biography. Child concentration camp inmates--Germany WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Audiotapes. Radio programs.

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