Even though The Hitler Youth is a nonfiction book, it still has characterizations. One characterization I found in the book was happiness. The characters in the book, Edgar and Ulli, were cheerful because they don’t know what Hitler was doing to the Jews. They were taught that Hitler was the good guy. Another characterization I found in the book The Hitler Youth is that they are on the side of Hitler. They are supporting Hitler because the schools taught students that they should support Hitler no matter what. Edgar is a soldier in the army. One day a grenade went off and two of his comrades fell. He was so proud of being a soldier in Hitler’s army that when he got wounded he said “now I’ll get a special badge for the