Encouragement

Podcast Episode 23: The Boys Who Challenged Hitler

A podcast episode about the courage of seven Danish teenagers who courageously resisted the Nazi occupation.

Podcast

As I read the book and recount the story of seven courageous Danish teenagers. I ask myself, do I have the necessary courage to stand up to tyranny, to stand up to invaders?

Have a listen, and tell me, do you have the courage of these teenagers who long ago braved the Nazi occupation of their city?

The Book

At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, fifteen-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the Nazis if the adults would not.

Naming their secret club after the fiery British leader, the young patriots in the Churchill Club committed countless acts of sabotage, infuriating the Germans, who eventually had the boys tracked down and arrested.

But their efforts were not in vain: the boys' exploits and eventual imprisonment helped spark a full-blown Danish resistance. Interweaving his own narrative with the recollections of Knud himself, here is Phillip Hoose's inspiring story of these young war heroes.

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