Kid Heroes
During World War II, not all heroes were adults. There were many kid heroes. On this page, you can learn about the stories of these heroes.
Ingeborg Klein
Ingeborg Klein was a young German-Born Jew. Their family lived in Germany, but when tensions grew between the Jews and the Nazis, her father had to flee. The rest of the family fled a little bit later. Ingeborg and her mother were separated from the rest of the family. They fled to France in a train, where they worked in a hospital. Ingeborg knew French, but her mother did not, so her mother had to pretend she could not speak.
Later on, the French resistance learned of her ability to speak German and French, and they enlisted her help to be a spy. She worked at an inn that German soldiers frequently stopped, where she heard careless German Soldiers' conversations who did not know she understood every word they said.
Later on, the French resistance learned of her ability to speak German and French, and they enlisted her help to be a spy. She worked at an inn that German soldiers frequently stopped, where she heard careless German Soldiers' conversations who did not know she understood every word they said.
Marguerite Vourc'h
Marguerite Vourc'h lived in France when the Nazis invaded her hometown. They began to use her families house as a home for a Nazi colonel. Her family despised the colonel, but they had a way to get back at him and the Nazis. Marguerite's father was part of the resistance, and he began to use Marguerite as a recruiter. She would listen in on many conversations and decide which people her father could try to recruit as a resistance worker. Then she would tell her father.
Later on, another resistance worker began broadcasting secret messages from their home, and Marguerite and her siblings would help him even though the colonel was still there.
Marguerite continued recruiting, but eventually began to spy on some the Germans, with the help of a man, Raoul, who was posing as her cousin.
But, soon, tragedy struck. Raoul was killed, and Marguerite and her mother fled to Paris, where they hid until the Americans liberated France.
Later on, another resistance worker began broadcasting secret messages from their home, and Marguerite and her siblings would help him even though the colonel was still there.
Marguerite continued recruiting, but eventually began to spy on some the Germans, with the help of a man, Raoul, who was posing as her cousin.
But, soon, tragedy struck. Raoul was killed, and Marguerite and her mother fled to Paris, where they hid until the Americans liberated France.
Calvin Graham Calvin Graham lived in Crockett City, Texas, and enlisted in the army at only twelve years old. He became a seaman on the USS South Dakota, and was the gunner. He was later injured and received a Purple Heart.