The Boy Who Dared pages 100 to 120

Once again we reside in Helmuths present, in late march of 1941 in Hamburg. Helmuth steals the Rollo radio from his brothers closet and tunes into BBC London with the German news broadcast. Over the next few days Helmuth ponders in his mind about the differences between the BBC and the RRG radio stations. Hulmeth notices that the British disclose actual losses, whereas the RRG never has. Helmuth believes the British reports to be more truthful and honest because they not only list the enemy's losses but also there own. Hulmeth is angry at the Nazi for lying to the German people, he belives that they have a right to know the truth as well.

Hulmeth finishes his final paper for school which he needs to graduate with good grades. Helmuth hands in his paper to find that he received the highest grade. As his teacher discusses with Helmuth the results of his paper Helmuth senses that his teacher Herr Meins is not a true Nazi at heart. They booth sense this in each other but say nothing in fear that they could be caught and the punishments would be sever.

In May Helmuth graduates and finds himself working at Bieberhaus, the social welfare department at the city hall. One day while Helmuth is working there he is asked to retrieve something from the basement, but as Helmuth enters the basement he sees row and rows of forbidden books that were un-German. Helmuth thought that the books had burned eight years ago. Illegally he takes out a book and sneaks it home for him to read.

It is now June and the Nazi have overrun Greece and Yugoslavia. One night while Helmuth is eating dinner with his mother and new father Hugo he hears the devastating news that brother Worrbs had been arrested. This angers Helmuth because Worrbs has been taken to Neuengamme, a concentration camp near Hamburg, notorious for its subhuman conditions, where brutal guards force prisoners to do hard labour with inadequate food and live in squalid cells. Helmuths friends Rudi and Karl are also outraged and the Nazi behaviour, and all because brother Worrbs criticized a Nazi statue. What s even worse is that now Germany has declared war on Russia, a country that has never been overthrown. Helmuth decides to show Karl his radio and Karl is astounded and admires Helmuths courage but fears that he will get caught.

I think that Helmuth is taking a huge risk showing his radio to other people because there are spy's everywhere. I think that Helmeth will soon get caught because he is starting to become carless and there have been many events that may be leading up to the climax of the story. Helmuth should be more careful and keep his opinions to himself even though it is the right thing to stand up against what is wrong, but then again you cant stand up very well for what is right when you are in jail or dead.