Blair Holmes & Alan Keele (When Truth Was Treason: German Youth Against Hitler), 2/12/26
EVENING WITH THE AUTHORS
We are pleased to announce that Blair Holmes and Alan Keele will be here to speak about When Truth Was Treason: German Youth Against Hitler (published by Academic Research Foundation) on Thursday, February 12. They will be here from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., will speak at 6:00, and answer questions and sign books before and after that time. To RSVP on Facebook, click here.
This book served as the basis for the recent movie Truth and Treason (Angel). To watch the movie free, click here (you will just need to provide an email address). In addition, those who attend or order a copy will receive info on how to watch the four-part extended version free.
This chilling, true story of four courageous teenagers who defied the Nazis includes the documents of an orderly and law-abiding nation condemning the conscience of its children. The four were arrested, interrogated, tortured, and tried by the "People's Court," and their sixteen-year-old leader, Helmuth Hübener, was beheaded, the youngest resistance figure sentenced to execution by that court. The exhaustive documentation gathered here for the first time is the result of twenty years of research in Germany and the United States. Included is a horrifying, second-by-second description of Hubener's execution in the infamous Plotzensee prison, as well as the boy's last, poignant letter.
Based on a first-person account by one of the surviving conspirators, Karl-Heinz Schnibbe, a working-class son of the city of Hamburg, When Truth Was Treason is a vivid chronicle of courage. The Hubener group's actions were undertaken without any adult participation and predated the famous White Rose group by more than a year.
Compellingly and completely told—for the first time in English—this inspiring story is moving, unique, and unforgettable. It shows civilization at its worst—and four young, courageous teenagers at humankind's best.
Blair Holmes taught for nearly forty years in the History Department at BYU. In addition to this project, he devoted a lot of attention to local history in his native Idaho.
Alan Keele also spent a long career at BYU, in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages. He also served as associate dean of Honors and General Education
When Truth Was Treason: German Youth Against Hitler. Academic Research Foundation. Paperback. $24.95. To purchase a copy online, click here.
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