The Boy Who Dared Summary
He lived in a political family. This book is written of the
experience of being in a jail cell for Helmuth Hübener. It shows the way
he was treated by the Nazis and the memories of his young and cheerful life. Then
one day he discovered something that would change his life completely.
He discovered a short wave radio and started to listen to restricted
radio broadcast such as the BBC. He soon learned the truth about the war that was going in Germany.He started to write leaflets. He typed up 60 different leaflets. He got three other friends to help him with his work. Karl-Heinz , Rudi , and Gerhard Düwer. Later that year Helmuth tried to add another person but was caught by his boss. The boss named the Gestapo. They took Helmuth and the three. Later on Helmuth was proven guilty, Helmuth was to be executed and he also lost his civil rights but the other three got 5-10 years of imprisonment. On the 27th of October at the age of 17 he was deheaded. While his relatives sent letters to have him let go,they said no because they say that he is too intelligent for his age and that he would be punished as an adult and that he would be executed._