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(A)rt is like bread, an essential ingredient for nourishing the soul.
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Phillip Hoose (The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club)
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Knud got an artist’s sketchbook. He intended on drawing set designs for theater plays, until he noticed a warning printed on the front page. KNUD PEDERSEN: A message in bold letters read, “You are not allowed to make drawings of naked women.” I filled the entire sketchbook with naked girls and when I got my porridge the next morning I used it as glue and plastered all the walls in my cells with the drawings. This was my first art exhibition. There went all my hobby materials for the next two months. I was a terrible prisoner.
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Phillip Hoose (The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club)
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It was easy to see that it was all crap.
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Phillip Hoose (The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club)
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Norway surrendered after two months of fighting, which had left 1,335 Norwegians killed or wounded.
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Phillip Hoose (The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club)
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They were forced to strip naked, bend over, and receive rectal examinations.
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Phillip Hoose (The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club)