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Edelweiss Pirates, The: Teenage Rebels in Nazi Germany
Dirk Reinhardt, introduction by Michael Rosen
Ages: 14+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Pushkin Children's Press
ISBN: 978-1-78269-309-3
Keywords: WWII, rebels
Unorganized groups of teenagers, mostly around Cologne, Germany, who refused to participate in the Hitler Youth, eventually become resistance fighters against the Nazi regime. Historical notes, glossary.