WASHINGTON - November 13, 2008 - Because it has abandoned moral absolutes and its historic Christian faith, the U.S. is moving closer to a Nazi-style totalitarianism, warns a former German member of the Hitler Youth in a new book.

"Every day brings this nation closer to a Nazi-style totalitarian abyss," writes Hilmar von Campe, now aU.S. citizen and author of "Defeating the Totalitarian Lie: A FormerHitler Youth Warns America."

Von Campe has founded the National Institute for Truth and Freedom to fight for a return to constitutional government in the U.S. - a key, he believes, to keeping America free.

"I lived the Nazi nightmare,and, as the old saying goes, 'A man with an experience is never at the mercy of a man with an argument,'" writes von Campe. "Everything I write is based on my personal experience in Nazi Germany. There is nothing theoretical about my description of what happens when a nation throws God out of government and society, and Christians become religious bystanders. I don't want to see a repetition. The role of God in human society is the decisive issue for this generation. My writing is part of my life of restitution for the crimes of a godless government, of the evil of which I was a part."

Von Campe grew up under the Nazis,served in the Hitler Youth, and fought against the Red Army in the Yugoslavian theater as a tank gunner in the German Army. He was captured at the end of the war and escaped five months later from a prisoner of war camp in Communist Yugoslavia.

"It took me a long time to understand and definethe nature of National Socialism," says von Campe. "And unfortunately, their philosophy continues to flourish under different labels,remaining a menace to America and free human society."