by Hans Peter Richter · Mazarine · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782010147753
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«J'avais deux camarades» is the novel by Hans Peter Richter, published by Mazarine in paperback (276 pages, in French).
The work follows year by year Hans and his two comrades, three German boys growing up in Hitler's Germany from 1933. It shows how propaganda, social pressure and the Hitler Youth gradually take over their lives, while their families let themselves be enlisted or are seduced by the regime.
The subtitle of «J'avais deux camarades» is «Dix années dans les Jeunesses hitlériennes», that is, 'ten years in the Hitler Youth'; the book was published in 1984.
A reading intended for young people and for adults interested in the history of Nazism, showing daily life under the dictatorship from the perspective of children.
Hans Peter Richter was a German author. He was born in Cologne, Germany, and went to Volksschule and Aufbauschule. He took part in World War II as a soldier with the highest military rank of lieutenant from 1942 to 1945. He lost his left arm because of an injury in the war. Richter studied psychology and sociology in Cologne, Bonn and Mainz from 1948 to 1952. He achieved his promotion as Dr. rer. pol. at the University of Tübingen in 1952. He focused on independent research activities for business enterprises and broadcasting corporations from 1953 to 1973.
