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The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
By HOOSE, Phillip
- ISBN
- 9781490664354
- Publisher
- Recorded Books
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2015 | Multimedia Review
Gr 7 Up—A group of Danish middle school boys, led by 15-year-old Knud Pedersen, decided to resist German occupation in Denmark despite the government's acceptance. Like soldiers, they were determined and disciplined, being careful not to blow their cover. Naming themselves the Churchill Club, they began by changi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
During the German occupation of Denmark in WWII, young Knud Pedersen and his brother Jens rallied a group of schoolboys to steal munitions and perpetrate sabotage, disrupting the occupying forces and eventually giving birth to the Danish Resistance. The young men risked their lives, day ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
