Nazi Germany

From 1933 to 1945, the Nazi party ruled Germany. This was the Germany Alfons came to know as his own.

Wittlich, Germany

Alfons's hometown and the setting of most of the book.

National Socialist Workers Party Congress

The 1938 Nazi Congress where Hitler gave a world famous speech and electrified audiences. Alfons was in the audience.

The Gymnasium

The most elite group of German public secondary schools, to which Alfons gained entry.

KZ/Concentration Camp

Concentration camps were littered across Germany and the countries it conquered. Millions died there, particularly Jews and anti-Nazi resisters.

Flying Hitler Youth

Alfons was a member of the Flying Hitler Youth. They prepared to enter the Luftwaffe when they became adults.

Hitler Youth

The Hitler Youth was Hitler's organization of German children who were to be indoctrinated to worship him and to kill and be killed for the Third Reich.

The SS

The most...