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2008 novel by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

The Boy Who Dared is a 2008 novel by American children's author Susan Campbell Bartoletti.

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Helmuth Günther Hübener (–42), a member of the Church in Hamburg, Germany, was the youngest person of the German resistance to Nazism executed by order.

It is based upon the true story of Helmuth Hübener, the youngest person to be sentenced to death by the Nazis during World War II. He was arrested and executed by guillotine on October 27, 1942.^[1]

Bartoletti fleshed out one episode from her non-fiction Newbery Honor Book, Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow (2006), into this novel.^[2]

Plot

The majority of the story is told through flashbacks, as Helmuth Hübener, charged with treason, waits in a Berlin prison for his execution.

Starting with his memories as a young boy, Helmuth recounts his childhood growing up in Nazi Germany with his mother Mutti (German for "Mom"), grandparents, two brothers, his best friends Rudi and Karl, and his future stepfather Hugo, a Nazi soldier.

As a young boy, Helmuth plans to become a soldier and fight for Germa