Chocolate Cake with Hitler: A Nazi Childhood

Chocolate Cake with Hitler is a gripping fictional retelling of the harrowing story of Helga Goebbels, twelve-year-old daughter of the Nazi Party's head of propaganda.

“An extraordinary tale - one of the best debut novels of 2010”

The Times
Told with a child-like innocence, it is a poignant insight into the dying days of the Third Reich and the claustrophobic existence of those who stayed behind with 'Uncle Leader' Daily Mail
Skilfully avoiding both sentimentality and sensationalism, Craigie has written an affecting and unusual exploration of the last days of Hitler TLS
Her poised style is powerful and stripped of sentimentality, and she skilfully enters the psyche of a young girl. The Independent

Emma Craigie is a writer and teacher. She is also author of Who Was - King Henry VIII (Short Books, 2006). She lives in Somerset with her husband and four children.

As defeat closes in on the Germans, life in Hitler's bunker becomes increasingly fraught for the children staying there as well as the adults. There's chocolate cake every day for tea with Uncle Fuhrer, but Helga Goebbels cannot help noticing that all is not well among the grown-ups. Her parents grow more and more tense, the bunker grows daily more empty and, as even the soldiers who have been guarding them take their leave, 12-year-old Helga is faced with a terrible truth. Perhaps her perfect childhood has not been all that it seemed.

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