The Boys Who Challenged Hitler
Phillip Hoose
Phillip Hoose
Phillip Hoose is a American writer that wrote The Boys Who Challenged Hitler. In order to write the book, he went to Denmark, lived and interviewed with Knud Peterson, who was a member of the Churchill Club, after the war.
Before the occupation
Kund was a normal high school student that study in Cathedral School in Aalborg.
During the occupation
Knud became a part of the Churchill Club and did a lot of sabotages against German occupation, and ended up in the jail.
After the occupation
After the liberation, he met Mr. Churchill. A long time later, Phillip Hoose came to Denmark and had a brief look on the story. Two years later, they interviewed and published the book, The Boys Who Challenged Hitler
The summary of the book
During the German occupation in Denmark in World War Two, the upset 15 years old school boy, Knud Peterson gathered his brother and a handful of schoolmates and formed the Churchill Club, which dedicated doing sabotages against Germany properties. The Churchill Club stole weapons, cut telephone wires, destroy cars, etc. Some of them ended up staying in the jail for a long time. After the occupation, they met Mr. Churchill, whose name was used in the club's name.
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler by Phillip Hoose
Why we chose this video?
This specific video was Knud Peterson talking about the story of the Churchill Club himself. The video has a perfect length, it is about two minutes, and you can get a brief view on the book.
Bibliography
http://www.nbcnews.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjkJfhUOfAg
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler-- Phillip Hoose
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