Reddit reviews I Was There

I was lucky in 5th grade to be assigned this book to read that drove this point home very strongly. I recommend it.

It's very common to demonize the entirety of Nazi Germany these days. It's really bizarre to have people look at you blankly when you tell them most people in Nazi Germany weren't evil.

You may be right, it might be I Was There by Hans Peter Richter.

>Hans and his friend Gunther, are just trying to get through life with Adolf Hitler being elected in Germany. Gunther's father was against Hitler, but eight-year-olds Hans and Gunther join the SS youth program, and later enter the military, where they are swept away by Hitler's regime.