Finding himself under Nazi rule in 1941, then 16-year-old Helmuth Hübener exemplified courage by choosing to oppose the Nazi regime and spread a series of anti-Nazi leaflets throughout Hamburg, Germany. These leaflets contained political commentary from Hübener, as well as transcriptions of Allied radio broadcasts.
“Do not allow your free will, the most precious thing you possess, to be taken away from you,” Hübener wrote in a 1941 leaflet. The teenager was executed in 1942 for “conspiracy to commit high treason.”
Now, 100 years after his birth, communities, individuals and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Germany and around the world continue to honor Hübener’s legacy of faith and courage as a member of the Church and the youngest executed member of the German resistance to Nazism.