Even though this book won't be ready for check out until late next week, I have to tell you about The Auslander, by Paul Dowswell, which I just finished reading. Similar to Someone Named Eva, a 2010 Caudill nominee, this new book deals with a Nazi program that took Polish orphans who meet the Aryan physical standards (blond hair, physical measurements and proportions) and adopt them into Nazi-supporting families. Peter, whose parents were killed by a German tank, speaks perfect German and is anxious to leave the orphanage for a more exciting life in Berlin. However as the war continues Peter begins to notice that some of the Nazi policies are very unfair, especially to the Jews. He begins to wonder if he made the right choice just as British planes begin to bomb Berlin.
Friday, April 13, 2012
INSIGHTS INTO NAZI GERMANY
Even though this book won't be ready for check out until late next week, I have to tell you about The Auslander, by Paul Dowswell, which I just finished reading. Similar to Someone Named Eva, a 2010 Caudill nominee, this new book deals with a Nazi program that took Polish orphans who meet the Aryan physical standards (blond hair, physical measurements and proportions) and adopt them into Nazi-supporting families. Peter, whose parents were killed by a German tank, speaks perfect German and is anxious to leave the orphanage for a more exciting life in Berlin. However as the war continues Peter begins to notice that some of the Nazi policies are very unfair, especially to the Jews. He begins to wonder if he made the right choice just as British planes begin to bomb Berlin.
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