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