At the start of Word War II, for many German children it only meant daddy had to go on a journey, but soon was back to be celebrated as a hero. The war propaganda was usually very effective with impressionable young minds, lack of patriotism was severely punishable at school and in many homes. As long as the Blitzkrieg progressed, nationalism was fun. In occupied countries, starting with easily overrun Poland, war soon showed its ugly face to children who lost family and homes.
—KGF Vissers