Risk
She warned the Club that the Security Police had identified Cathedral High School as the sabotage hub.
Eigel's sister (the trusted mole)
The first question police asked at the monastery when they figured out where the Peterson brothers lived.
"Where are the weapons?"
Way in which the investigators got the boys to give the names of the factory workers
Working on boy against another. Offering cigarettes
After 9 weeks in the local Aalborg jail, the boys were found guilty of their crimes and sent to this prison 200 miles away
Nyborg State Prison
The reason Eigil tearfully pleaded with the club to STOP all sabotage
His own mother was Jewish
Given to the club by three older factory workers from Bronderslev
mortar grenades
The reaction of parents to the Churchill Club activities, and specifically the Petersen parents
mute, speechless, shocked, thought their sons were playing bridge, Petersons: As activists and community leaders they viewed the arrests as a family misfortune that war brings
The reason Sweden was the planned escape destination.
The Nazis had allowed Sweden to remain neutral.
Behavior during the police investigation that risked harsher punishment
Telling Lies
Place where Knud and Helge stole a pistol and got caught by Mrs. Ottesen
the coat closet (Cafe Holle)
Way in which Cathedral students and teachers responded when the arrests were announced
Classmates stood outside the jail and cheered, teachers were very emotional, felt deep admiration but were worried for the boys' fate
Ways in which Sweden played both sides of the war.
German military effort depended on weapons made from millions of tons of iron ore from Sweden. On the other hand, Sweden took in the great majority of Denmark's Jews in Oct. 1943 hours before a planned German roundup.
The risk the boys were taking according to an Aalborg newspaper who lashed out against the boys for "foolish acts against foreign troops."
"Arousing the giant" Some Danes appreciated the relative calm in their country and did not want to arouse German anger who could make things ugly for them.
Blue paint, garden shears, bicycles
What was used to paint arrows on the swastika and redirect signs, used to cut German telephone lines, used their bikes like the British pilots used their planes
What the Aalborg City Council did to appease the Germans after the boys were arrested
Wrote a letter of apology to the German authorities
The irony of the last festive Houlberg dinner for the Aalborg jail escapees (older boys, factory workers, Alf and Kaj Houberg and Knud Hornbo)
Mr. Houlberg announced that a boat had been identified whose captain appeared to be interested in taking them to Sweden.
Risks that were most effective in the mission to resist the Germans compared to the consequences (calculated risks)
Support your opinion
Ways in which unity of Danish citizens, Danish government, even allied forces became a powerful weapon of resistance (were the boys effective in gaining this unity)
Danish government had to conduct a trial and imprison the school boys, treatment of the boys had to be agreed upon, Danish public reacted to the boys' story (agreeing or disagreeing) it raised awareness and desires for resistance and encouraged activists like Kaj Munk.
Reasons that were considered when a decision was made on whether Germany or Denmark would conduct the trial.
Possibilities if Germans tried them: be sent to work camps, be made a public example of what happens to resisters. On the other hand, Germany wanted to keep their arrangement with Denmark and didn't want to arouse public anger, however, they could not appear weak.
Reason that the boys were so relentless, so persistent, so mentally strong, in helping their country resist, even while in jail, without any apparent signs of breaking down.
They thought of themselves as soldiers against German enemies that stole their nation and Danes who let it happen. They held strong to their role models, (Petersons, their heroes: the Norwegians, the outnumbered British pilots who battled on. Royal Air Force) "RAF" was the Odense club, "Churchill" was the Aalborg club.