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THE HOLOCAUST
Comparing Fact and Fiction

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The Boy Who Dared
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Reviewed By:
The Boy Who Dared is truly about a boy who dared. Seventeen - year- old
Helmuth Hübener was a faithful German in the 1940’s living in Hamburg, Germany. He
starts out eager to serve Hitler and his country, but every day people’s rights are
diminishing, and Helmuth isn’t so sure that Germany is doing the right thing. So he
listens to an illegal radio station and puts up flyers against Hitler to alert people of what
their government is doing, and what Hitler isn’t telling them. But when a frightened
helper turns the group in, what can Helmuth do but hope for the best?
Written in flashback form, this book shows Helmuth’s fight with the rest of
Germany. It is a man versus society conflict because “We must fight with words and
actions. Not everyone agrees with Hitler and the Nazi party.” and “Do you believe God
has cursed us with Hitler?” I think Susan Campbell Bartoletti did a very nice job
conveying the conflict because she described Helmuth’s fight with the Nazis in great
detail. I think the author wants you to know that sometimes you have to do what is right,
even if it scary and that even when it seems like there is no good in the world, there is. I
enjoyed this because it kept you interested and informed you of what a dictatorship is
like. I did not like how the book had a depressing mood, though given the
circumstances, it would be difficult to write it another way. I would recommend it to older
students because some parts were so cruel, it was hard to get through. Overall, The
Boy Who Dared was an amazing book!

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Helmuth Hübener
Helmuth Hübener was a German growing up in the midst of World War II.
At first, Hübener thought Germany was right, and he joined the Hitler Youth. Later, he
quit because he disapproved of Hitler and the Hitler Youth destroying Jewish homes
and businesses. When he and his friends, Karl Heinz Schnibbe and Rudi Wobbe,
listened to an illegal British radio station and found out what Germany wasn’t telling
them, he disapproved even more. Still, they were faithful to each other, through good
and bad (mostly bad).
On February 5th , 1942, the Gestapo found Hübener and arrested him for
handing out pamphlets against Hitler and charged him as an adult at the
Volksgerichtshof, in Berlin, Germany, though he was only 17. Hübener was found
guilty of treason, and was beheaded on October 27, 1942, in the Plötzensee prison.
This article was written about World War II. The conflict in the article was
man versus society. Helmuth Hübener, Rudi Wobbe, Karl Heinz Schnibbe, the Nazi
Party and Hitler were involved in this conflict.

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Compare and Contrast
 Contains fictional elements about when
he was in prison.
 Gives more detail of Hübeners early
childhood.
 Hübener’s half brother Gerhard Kunkel
played a large roll.
 Mentions Hübener’s friends.
 Has a man versus society conflict.
 About World War II
 Does not mention anything about the 6
months he spent in prison before his trial.
 Gives the most detail of when he was
middle school aged.
 Does not mention Gehard Kunkel.
 Mentions Hübener’s friends.
 Has a man versus society conflict.
 About World War II
The Boy Who Dared Helmuth Hubener (Wikipedia)