Der Hitlerjunge Quex
Cover of the first edition. | |
| Author | Karl Aloys Schenzinger |
|---|---|
| Language | German |
| Genre | Novel |
| Published | 1932 |
| Publisher | "Zeitgeschichte” Verlag |
| Publication place | Germany |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 264 |
Der Hitlerjunge Quex is a 1932 Nazi propaganda novel by Karl Aloys Schenzinger based on the life of Herbert “Quex” Norkus. The 1933 film Hitlerjunge Quex: Ein Film vom Opfergeist der deutschen Jugend was based on it and was described by Joseph Goebbels as the "first large-scale" transmission of Nazi ideology using the medium of cinema. Both the book and the film, like S.A.-Mann Brand and Hans Westmar, which were released the same year, fictionalised and glorified death in the service of the Nazi Party and Adolf Hitler.