Příliš mladí na válku - Šokující osobní vzpomínky Hanse Dunkera, jednoho z Hitlerových dětských vojáků – Munson Helene (2025)

A new perspective on World War II sheds light on one of the many untold stories of 300,000 German children who served in Hitler's army.

At a time when the war was already lost, Hitler did not hesitate to send hundreds of thousands of German boys to the front, who fought for him until the bitter end. The story of Hans Dunker is told by his daughter, who came into possession of his diaries after his death. It took her a long five years to even muster the courage to read these records. Hans Dunker was sent by his parents to one of the elite Nazi boarding schools, where he learned until 1945 how to be a good German soldier. In that year, he was sent to the front to fight in the lost battle near the town of Zawada in present-day Czech Republic. There, he witnessed the deaths of many of his classmates.
Munson's book not only follows the ruthless training of child soldiers as reflected in her father's diary but also the brutal story of Nazi indoctrination of small children. It is an extremely emotional and profound book, one of the best on the subject, revealing aspects of the war that are not yet well known.