The Story of the Hitler Youth Hero Alfred Czech
Alfred Czech was Adolf Hitler’s "youngest hero". He was just 12 when German newsreel cameras famously filmed him having his cheeks pinched by the Führer at his Berlin bunker after he was ceremoniously awarded the Iron Cross medal for outstanding bravery.
Today, Mr Czech, now 72 and living in the Rhineland, still vividly remembers those moments, 60 years …
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