The Boy who DaredJust as the Nazis are rising to power, Helmuth Hübener, aGerman schoolboy, is caught up in all the swashbucklingbravado of his time.The handsome storm trooper uniforms, the shiny jackbootsand armbands, the rousing patriotism -- all serve to drawhim into this bright new world full of promise and hope.In the beginning, Helmuth's patriotism is unwavering.But every day the rights of people all over Germany arediminishing. Jews are threatened and their businesses arebeing destroyed, the truth has been censored, and dangerlurks everywhere. Anybody can turn on you. The world hasturned upside down: Patriotism means denouncing others,love means to hate, and speaking out means treason. Silencebecomes everyone's guilty secret. How much longer canHelmuth keep silent?Now Helmuth sits in a German prison, awaiting his precariousfate. Told in flashback with breathtaking suspense, thishomage to an extraordinary real-life hero magnificentlyexplores one person's responsibility to humanity, freedom,and truth. |
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Nutzerbericht - bwhitner - LibraryThingThis was an excellent book about a boy named Helmuth. It starts off with him in prison and he remembers his story. I found the book to be fast passed and very interesting. I was rooting for Helmuth ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Nutzerbericht - Melina_Hiatt_Easter - LibraryThingIf you are studying World War II, it is important to expose students to the mindset of Germans because most don't understand how the Holocaust could have happened. In this novel, we meet a man that is ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Adolf Hitler arrested Benno boys breath Brother Worbs cell church dark desk Dietrich Bonhoffer Diiwer door enemy propaganda Ernst vom Rath eyes face Fatherland Fiihrer flat German Gestapo guard Guddat Hamburg hands hate head Heinrich Mann Helmuth and Rudi Helmuth feels Helmuth hears Helmuth Hubener Helmuth knows Helmuth looks Helmuth sits Helmuth tries Herr Meins Herr Vinke Herr Zeiger Hiibener Hitler Youth inside Inspector Becker Jewish Jews Jungvolk Justice Fikeis Karl and Rudi Karl's kitchen leader leaflets listen looks at Helmuth Luftwaffe Mohns Mormon Mussner Nazi Party night nods paper Poland prison reads Reich Reichstag Rudi Wobbe Rudi's Rudolf Hess Russian says Gerhard says Helmuth says Hugo says Karl says Mutti says Rudi sentence snaps soldiers stares stop storm trooper Sudetenland swastika There's things Treaty of Versailles truth turns Verboten voice Wangemann watch wearing whispers window words