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The German Ploughboys Who Stood Against the SS
In 1943, as Germany faced its first major defeat at Stalingrad, the Nazi regime panicked about manpower. They created the Volkssturm, a militia of men aged twelve to sixty, including schoolboys and elderly veterans. This episode explores the human cost of this desperate measure through the eyes of Peter, a thirteen-year-old student conscripted into the final defense of Berlin. We examine how the Hitler Youth indoctrination collided with the reality of Soviet tanks, the role of propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels in mobilizing the last reserves, and the tragic irony of children being asked to…
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