When Truth Was Treason: The Story of the Helmuth Hubener Group ; German Youth Against Hitler, REVISED Second Edition

by Karl-Heinz Schnibbe

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.+++++++++++++++ "Publishers Weekly" "In WWII, four Hamburg members of the Hitler Youth who became disillusioned with the Nazi regime began writing and distributing leaflets revealing the Allies' version of the war, which they heard while covertly listening to the BBC. . . Based largely on the recollections of one of the surviving conspirators, this compelling and well-documented study offers a detailed account of the motivations and actions of this resistance group. . .The editors teach at Brigham Young University, Holmes history and Keele German. Photos." +++++++++++++++ "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 contradicted official Nazi information. The sheets were distributed by three other young men. . . . The account takes the reader from Schnibbe's youngest days through his involvement with Hubener. . . Schnibbe's account is powerful and adds to the literature on German resistance." Dennis L. Noble, Sequim, Wash. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

457 pages, Paperback

Published July 31, 2020