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Helmuth Hubener was born in Hamburg, Germany, on January 8, 1925. He came from a religious family and was adopted by his father, Hugo, a Nazi sympathizer. For most of his childhood, he was part of Boy Scouts, but in 1935, scouting was banned. He then joined the Hitler Youth as the government required it, but then quit after Kristallnacht.

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January 8, 1925 e was born in Hamburg, Germany

In 1938 He quit Hitler's youth.

In 1941 he told the Nazis the truth about Hitler and the war.

In 1942, a nazi official saw him writing a pamphlet and turned it into a nazi official.

On February 5, 1942, he was put in prison.

On October 27, 1942, he was beheaded.

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Helmuth's impact was a turning point for thousands and opened the eyes of many. He had listened to banned radios, paid close attention, and slowly wrote his story, a pamphlet. In this, he said, "He will send you by the thousands into the fires in order to finish the crime he started. By the thousands, your wives and children will become widows and orphans. And for nothing!" he had been imprisoned and beheaded for leaking the truth. He had made Hitler and the Nazis furious. The history website says "Sixteen-year-old Helmuth Hübener couldn’t believe his ears. As he crouched in a closet in Hamburg, secretly listening to his brother’s forbidden short-wave radio, the voice of the BBC announcer painted a picture of Nazi Germany that was dramatically different from the one he had been told to believe.

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For months Helmuth spread the word of lost battles and nazi lies until he was brought to court. He was brought to the court of Volksgerichtshof. He had opposed the nazi regime, and He was accused of treason. He was sentenced to death. He was beheaded by a guillotine in the execution room of Plötzensee prison in Berlin on October 27, 1924, just ten days after his arrest in February of 1942. his friends were lucky that they survived the war; all they had was prison time.

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If you would like to learn more, there are lots of books, documentaries, and movies where you can learn about his life, story, and struggles.

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This quote written by John Philpot Curran is saying how the nazis had killed Helmuth, but he was not intimidated and was willing to risk his life to stand up for what is right.

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Helmuth Hubener was the youngest person in the German resistance to fascism and was executed by order of a particular people's court in Berlin. His legacy is important because he is the youngest person to stand up to the nazis and tell the truth and was treated like an adult in court. He left an impact on others to stand up for what is right and what should be done about the nazis.

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This movie explains the Nazi arrest and murder of a 17-year-old boy, Helmuth Hubener, that was compelled and moved to tell the truth and story about the reality of the nazis.

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Truth & Conviction: The Helmuth Hubener Story (Teenage Nazi resistance fighter)