When Helmuth was a little kid, he adored Hitler and the Nazi soldiers. Then, when he grew older, his grandparents, Oma and Opa kept bashing on Hitler. He realized that they weren't very good people, and he saw what they did to the innocent Jews. Then, Hugo married Mutti, Helmuth's mother, and Hugo was a high ranking military person in the army, so Helmuth didn't really look up to him at all. Helmuth has two brothers, Gerhard and Hans. Hans is a ship builder and Gerhard was a soldier. One day Gerhard brought home a shortwave radio and told Helmuth not to listen to it. When Gerhard left for the war, Helmuth disobeyed Gerhard and listened to a British frequency. The British said all of the German deaths and the British deaths, and their broadcasting station seemed more legit than the German stations because they talked about their own deaths, too. So, Helmuth believed them, and him and his friends, Rudi and Karl, started making flyers. They put the flyers in peoples pockets and gave them to all kinds of people. One day they eventually got caught and Helmuth took all of the blame for it. They went to court and Helmuth made the Judges mad and they gave Helmuth a death sentence and his friends went to jail for ten, five, and four years. Helmuth died on the 264th day in prison.
1. Helmuth died a happy death and I think that it was worth it because he told a lot of people the truth about Germany.
2. I think the flashbacks help out with the book and make it more interesting. I liked the flashbacks.
3. I think they were less guilty because it was Helmuth's idea to listen to the radio and make the pamphlets.
4. I don't think that it was fair that Helmuth got the death penalty because he was just telling the truth. I agree that Helmuth shoud have gotten a longer sentence, but not the death penalty.
5. I think Helmuth's death made an impact on Mutti and she will probably believe Helmuth now. I think she would speak out more because her son was willing to die for his beliefs.
6. Gerhard will probably believe Helmuth about the German deaths and Gerhard will speak out more instead of staying silent.
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