Showing posts with label The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club. Show all posts
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Friday, June 1, 2012

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club

When the Nazis invaded Denmark, the King felt that it would be fruitless to resist. The Nazi occupiers walked freely, frequenting favorite shops where some shopkeepers were glad to serve them.  Knud Pedersen and other teen boys were ashamed of their leaders for giving up without a fight. He began to organize small acts of sabotage which grew to theft of weapons, and other attempts to hinder the German occupying forces.

The Boys who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club, by Phillip Hoose