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German, World War II-era hero who was arrested by the Nazi Gestapo and sentenced to death by the Volksgerichtshof (People's Court) for his opposition to the Third Reich.During his childhood, he belonged to the Hitler Youth.He distributed pamphlets that revealed the criminal activities of Joseph Goebbels and other high-ranking Nazis.

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January 8, 1925 , hamburg , Germany

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Hours before his scheduled execution, Hubener wrote to a fellow branch member the following letter: “I am very grateful to my Heavenly Father that my miserable life will come to an end tonight–I could not bear it any longer anyway. I know that God lives and He will be the Just Judge in this matter. My Heavenly Father knows that I have done nothing wrong….I look forward to seeing you in a better world!”

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Richard Westwood-Brookes, of Mullocks, said: "It is an exceptional rarity because it was put up by the Nazis as a warning to the local population.

"By the time the war ended most of the copies would have been destroyed, and I would imagine there's no more than a few copies left in the world."

Hubener was the youngest boy to be executed for his opposition to the Third Reich after he was caught listening to radio broadcasts of the BBC and distributing antiwar pamphlets based on the airings.

Mr Westwood-Brookes added: "This poster shows how important the BBC was for disseminating the truth rather than the lies promoted by the Nazis.

"Importantly, it shows that not all of the German people supported the Nazis or else they wouldn't have needed to display this poster to frighten the public."

Hubener grew up in Hamburg, Germany as a Boy Scout and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and sympathised with the Jewish neighbours he saw persecuted by the Nazis.

He found a shortwave radio in his brother's closet and secretly listened to the BBC broadcasts before inviting his friends to join him to distribute leaflets against the Third Reich.

He was arrested by the Gestapo in February 1942 when a colleague tipped off the Nazis about the boy's resistance.

Despite his young age, he was tried in Berlin as an adult and sent to the Plotzensee Prison.

"He is rightly commemorated in Germany, and he stands alongside many other people who are revered in this country for standing up for freedom and against oppression," Mr Westwood-Brookes said.

"This boy was only 17 years old, and to face that sort of fate for listening to the BBC - he was a very brave young man."

Today flower tributes to the youth are still left in the room where he was executed more than 60 years ago and his actions against the Nazi's have become a symbol of the opposition..

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Nazi poster reveals execution of teenager who listened to BBC

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Richard Westwood-Brookes, of Mullocks, said: "It is an exceptional rarity because it was put up by the Nazis as a warning to the local population. "By the time the war ended most of the copies would have been destroyed, and I would imagine there's no more than a few copies left in the world."

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Arrest and execution. On 5 February 1942, Helmuth Hübener was arrested by the Gestapo at his workplace, the Hamburg Social Authority in the Bieberhaus in Hamburg.

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https://www.mormonchannel.org/listen/series/legacy-audio/helmuth-hubener-episode-42

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Helmuth Hübener was born in Hamburg; his mother was a wage-worker who raised him on her own. He was decisively influenced by the religious movement The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons).

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“German boys! Do you know the country without freedom, the country of terror and tyranny? Yes, you know it well, but are afraid to talk about it. They have intimidated you to such an extent that you don't dare talk for fear of reprisals. Yes you are right; it is Germany — Hitler Germany! Through their unscrupulous terror tactics against young and old, men and women, they have succeeded in making you spineless puppets to do their bidding.”
― Helmuth Hübener