Question

to understand hitlers enormous success with the young we must understand what life has meant to the post - war generation in germany, not only the children of the poor but of the middle class as well. they were children during the years of the war when the food blockade kept them half starved, when fathers were away at the front and mothers distracted with the effort to keep their families fed. they came to manhood in a country which seemed to have no use for them. - \the youth who are hitlers strength,\ alice hamilton
according to the author, why was hitler influential among young people?
they wanted to become members of the middle class.
they had suffered during the war and felt purposeless.
they wanted to achieve greater academic

Explanation:

The passage describes the post - war German youth's hardships like hunger during the war, absent fathers, and a sense of being unvalued in post - war Germany. Hitler was influential as he provided a sense of purpose to these youth who had suffered and felt purposeless.

Answer:

They had suffered during the war and felt purposeless.