Who Was Helmuth Hübener? The Teen Who Defied Nazi Propaganda and Paid With His Life
Because even in the darkest moments of history, truth survives only when someone is brave enough to speak it — no matter the cost.

As a teenager living in Nazi Germany, Helmuth Hübener refused to stay silent while government lies spread and authoritarian power tightened its grip. At just 16 years old, Helmuth risked everything to expose Nazi propaganda and tell ordinary people what was really happening under Adolf Hitler's regime.

In this episode of The Way the World Works, we tell the powerful true story of a young man who secretly listened to banned radio broadcasts, typed illegal leaflets on a church typewriter, and distributed them in the streets — knowing that discovery would likely mean death. His courage reminds us that tyranny rarely arrives all at once, and that resisting injustice often begins with a single individual willing to tell the truth.

Would you have been brave enough to stand up if your government demanded your silence?

• Who Helmuth Hübener was and why his story still matters today

• How Nazi propaganda slowly misled ordinary citizens

• Why authoritarian governments fear truth and free information

• What real courage looks like when the stakes are life and death

• How one teenager's defiance saved others and inspired resistance

0:00 A Courageous Teen Hero
1:25 How the Nazis Slowly Took Power
3:53 Kristallnacht and the Reality of Nazi Violence
7:51 Secret Radio Broadcasts and Forbidden Truth
9:52 Risking Everything to Spread the Truth
11:56 Betrayal, Arrest, and Trial
13:57 Helmuth's Final Words and Legacy
16:16 Why His Courage Still Matters

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• The Story of Helmuth Hübener
  https://www.tuttletwins.com/blogs/newsletter/the-story-of-helmuth-hubener

• What Is Propaganda?
  https://www.tuttletwins.com/blogs/podcast/52-what-is-propaganda

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