The Boy Who Dared pages 160 to 180

As fast as Helmuths life begins it ends. In this final chapter in Helmuths life he writes his letters to his family members and is taken to be hanged. Helmuth is finally killed by the Nazi. But because of his noble spirit and perseverance his memory and remarkable story lives on. Helmuth was very brave and when he was taken to be killed at only the age of 18 he went with his head held high and his dignity still intact.



There were many other innocent people who also died like Helmuth for standing up for what they believed was right even when they faced uncertainty, extreme pain and even death. The Nazi and Hitler were terrible people for what they did to others, but Helmuth showed us that not all Germans supported Hitler and the Nazi and that many of them suffered as well as the Jews. Without the brave people like Helmuth and the others that lived during this terrible time we would never know the many truths that the Nazi and Hitler tried to hide from the rest of the world about the terrible and repulsive things they did to all kinds of people.



Helmuth was extremely brave, courageous, and kind hearted throughout the book but in the beginning he was unsure of Hitler and the Nazi and did not form his own strong opinion against him until the end or close to the end of the book. Throughout the story Helmuth became wiser and braver. Helmuth was also very independent and smart