Thousands of German boys were drafted in the last year of the war.(Here, with Hitler, 1945) Born as the Nazis rose to power, indoctrinated almost from birth, many took up arms with fierce joy. When boys born in 1929 were called to defend Berlin in April 1945, some boys jumped up, shouting “Finally!” and mocked their weeping teacher. Alfons Heck recalled,  “We...were Hitler’s purest creation, unencumbered by the ballast of a non-Nazi past, beholden only to him.”  EEP!