The Boy Who Dared summary/signpost

The boy who dared starts off with him in a cell somewhere where he has flashbacks to when Hitler rose to power. It shows how Helmuth likes and enjoys practicing his religion but soon fades when he hear Hitler's convincing speeches and persuasive words to save the fatherland. Soon after he's out of middle school, he is forced to join the Hitler youth. Helmuth does enjoy the activities the youth does but still hate the idea and grows on hating Hitler even more. So much that he has had enough. He and 2 of his friends made small information pamphlets about the war going on, and what Hitler's real plan is. Inspired by the radio station Verboten, he buts these pamphlets all over town. Everything was going good until he gets caught by a secret agency to end any source or rebellion towards Nazism.

While reading this book, I came across many A-ha moments through out the book. When Helmuth was young around middle school, it shows how he really did like what Hitler had to say and what his idea was. When the A-ha moment came to place, and Helmuth realized and found out what Hitler's real plan was and real turned his mentality on Hitler and what he though of him completely changed. I realized that this was one of many Helmuth's A-ha moments because through out the book he explains that now he realizes what he has planned, and Helmuth actually does something about it. Which really leads me to the question of why he would risk his life and stand up for the jews and what injustice was happening. It really puzzles me because being a kid, with friends and people who love him, why would he risk his good life that he has to a problem that doesn't have anything to do with him, let alone affect him?