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The Boys Who Challenged Hitler

Phillip M. Hoose

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

Phillip M. Hoose

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler Essay Topics

1.

How did Danes view the Churchill Club’s activities during the war? How did news of the Churchill Club affect the population and their response to the German occupation?

2.

Why does Knud go against the wishes of the Danish authorities by telling the truth about the Churchill Club’s intentions for the stolen weapons? In what other instances in the book does he act similarly?

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During the course of The Boys Who Challenged Hitler, we see the boys of the Churchill Club change and mature—most notably Knud, since his first-person account forms a large portion of the book. Chart the course of these changes. How does the occupation, the boys’ resistance work, and their time in prison affect them mentally and emotionally?

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