I've just finished reading a most unusual book by Walter Kempowski, titled, Schule: Immer so durchgemogelt. It's filled with short snippets of German society, through the school system, by students during the Nazi years. I picked this up mostly to imagine my dad as a student in northern Germany (Schleswig Holstein). He was eager to join the Luftwaffe and was obviously influenced by the Nazi visions as a young student ... although ... I'm grateful to say, he never joined the party.
The book's worth reading, but a tad repetitious. It's curious to see what stays in a person's memory about school. The authenticity of these memories is was kept me reading.
Walter Kempowski wrote many books about the Nazi years. After reading his 1991 novel, Mark und Bein, I've been determined to read more by this author. His interest in details has made the atrocities under Hitler become more real and relevant. Little things do matter.
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