The Boys Who Challenged Hitler

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by Phillip Hoose


  and sons’ release from prison

  Phoenix Cinema (Odense)

  Poland

  Quistgaard, Admiral Erhard J. C.

  Raeder, Grand Admiral Erich

  RAF Club

  arrest and incarceration of members of

  formation of

  German vehicles destroyed by

  Naesby factory burned by

  vandalism by

  Randers (Denmark)

  Riffel Syndicate

  Riskaer, Bodil (Knud’s wife)

  Rørbæk, Grethe

  Royal Air Force (RAF)

  Russia

  St. Nikolaus Church (Copenhagen)

  Scavenius, Erik

  Schiller, Friedrich

  Schmeisser machine guns

  Soviet Union, see Russia

  Special Operations Executive (SOE)

  K Company

  Stalingrad, Battle of

  State Museum of Art (Denmark)

  Stauning, Thorvald

  Stuka dive bombers

  Svenningsen, Nils

  Sweden

  Danish Jews boatlifted to

  iron ore mines in

  Tate Modern (London)

  Thomsen, Mogens

  arrest and incarceration of

  rifle stolen by

  Tietgen, Carl Frederik

  True Comics

  United Kingdom, see Britain

  Vad Hansen, Inger

  V-2 rockets

  Wayne, John

  Wehrmacht, see German Army

  Western Prison (Copenhagen)

  World War I, see First World War

  Worsaae Petersen, Hugo

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Phillip Hoose is the author of Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, a National Book Award winner, a Newbery Honor Book, a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book, a YALSA Finalist for Excellence in Young Adult Fiction, and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. His other books include Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95, also a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book; and We Were There, Too!, a National Book Award finalist. Mr. Hoose lives in Portland, Maine. You can sign up for email updates here.

  ALSO BY PHILLIP HOOSE

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  Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

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  It’s Our World, Too!: Young People Who Are Making a Difference How They Do It—How You Can, Too!

  We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History

  Hey, Little Ant (with Hannah Hoose)

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  Hoosiers: The Fabulous Basketball Life of Indiana

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  CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Notice

  Dedication

  Introduction

  1 OPROP!

  2 The RAF Club

  3 The Churchill Club

  4 Learning to Breathe

  5 Flames of Resistance

  6 To Arms

  7 Whipped Cream and Steel

  8 An Evening Alone

  9 The Nibe Offensive

  10 Grenades

  11 No Turning Back

  12 King Hans Gades Jail

  13 Walls and Windows

  14 At Large Again?

  15 Nyborg State Prison

  16 First Hours of Freedom

  17 Better on the Inside

  18 Our Evening with Mr. Churchill

  Epilogue: The Times That Followed

  Selected Bibliography

  Notes

  Acknowledgments

  Illustration Credits

  Index

  About the Author

  Also by Phillip Hoose

  Copyright

  Maps

  Denmark and Northern Europe: 1940

  Aalborg, Denmark, During the War

  Holy Ghost Monastery

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  Text copyright © 2015 by Phillip Hoose

  Maps copyright © 2015 by Jeffrey L. Ward

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  First hardcover edition, 2015

  eBook edition, May 2015

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  The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

  Hoose, Phillip M., 1947–

  The boys who challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club / Phillip Hoose. — First edition.

  pages cm

  Summary: “The true story of a group of boy resistance fighters in Denmark after the Nazi invasion”—Provided by publisher.

  Includes bibliographical references and index.

  ISBN 978-0-374-30022-7 (hardback)

  ISBN 978-0-374-30272-6 (ebook)

  1. Pedersen, Knud, 1925–2014—Juvenile literature. 2. Churchill-klubben (Ålborg, Denmark)—History—Juvenile literature. 3. World War, 1939–1945—Underground movements—Denmark—Juvenile literature. 4. Boys—Political activity—Denmark—Biography—Juvenile literature. 5. Middle school students—Political activity—Denmark—Biography—Juvenile literature. 6. Heroes—Denmark—Biography—Juvenile literature. 7. Sabotage—Denmark—History—20th century—Juvenile literature. 8. Government, Resistance to—Denmark—History—20th century—Juvenile literature. 9. Denmark—History—German occupation, 1940–1945—Juvenile literature. I. Title.

  D802.D4H645 2015

  940.53'489083—dc23

  2014026101

  eISBN 9780374302726

 

 

 


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