At first Patty thinks that Anton is a Nazi, but he later reveals himself as someone who loves Germany but adamantly disagrees with Hitler. Research Germany under Hitler’s reign and discuss how many people shared Anton’s sentiments: Was the majority of the German population in favor of Nazism, or was the reality more complicated?

Anton compares Patty’s father to Hitler, stating that the difference between the two may only be that one has much more power than the other. Is this comparison fair? Why or why not?

Summer of My German Soldier is written in the first person, and Patty, as narrator, takes the reader into her confidence. Do you, as a reader, feel that you understand Patty? Use evidence from the text in your response.