When Truth Was Treason: The Story of the Helmuth Hubener Group

Description: A chilling, true story of four courageous teenagers who defied the Nazis. Based on a first-person account by one of the surviving conspirators, Karl-Heinz Schnibbe. This is a vivid chronicle of the brave young men who faced the awful tyranny of a nation's darkest hour, and reveals how they played cat and mouse with the Gestapo to wake up the German people. 20 photos From Publishers WeeklyEarly in WWII, four Hamburg members of the Hitler Youth who became disillusioned with the Nazi regimebegan writing and distributing leaflets revealing the Allies' version of the war, which they heard while covertlylistening to the BBC. . . Based largely on the recollections of one of the surviving conspirators, thiscompelling and well-documented study offers a detailed account of the motivations and actions of thisresistance group. . .The editors teach at Brigham Young University, Holmes history and Keele German.Photos. From Library Journal In 1942, Helmuth Hubener, a 17-year-old from Hamburg and a member of the [Church of Jesus Christ of]Latter Day Saints, listened to forbidden broadcasts from England and then typed up fliers that contradictedofficial Nazi information. The sheets were distributed by three other young men. . . . The account takes thereader from Schnibbe's youngest days through his involvement with Hubener. . . Schnibbe's account ispowerful and adds to the literature on German resistance. Dennis L. Noble, Sequim, Wash.Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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