Countrymen - How Denmark's Jews Escaped the Nazis

The rescue of the Danish Jews from Nazi persecution in October 1943 is a unique exception to the tragic history of the Holocaust. Over fourteen harrowing days, as they were helped, hidden and protected by ordinary people who spontaneously rushed to save their fellow citizens, an incredible 7,742 out of 8,200 Jewish refugees were smuggled out all along the coast - on ships, schooners, fishing boats, anything that floated - to Sweden.

Now, for the first time, Bo Lidegaard brings together decades of research and new evidence, including unpublished diaries and documents of families forced to run for safety and of those who courageously came to their aid, to tell this story of ordinary glory, of simple courage and moral fortitude that shines out in the midst of the terrible history of the twentieth century and demonstrates how it was possible for a small and fragile democracy to stand against the Third Reich.

About the author

Bo Lidegaard, geboren 1958 auf Grönland, ist dänischer Diplomat, Politiker, Schriftsteller und Journalist, nach Beendigung seiner diplomatischen Laufbahn seit 2011 Chefredakteur der Tageszeitung Politiken. Nach seinem Geschichtsstudium war er für Dänemark u.a. in der Königlichen Bibliothek in Kopenhagen, dem Außenministerium, der UNESCO, den Vereinten Nationen und der Botschaft in Frankreich tätig. Er veröffentlichte zahlreiche Fachbücher, für die er u.a. mit dem Søren-Gyldendal-Preis ausgezeichnet wurde. Darüber hinaus wurde er 2004 Ritter Erster Klasse des Dannebrog-Ordens.

Summary

The untold story of a nation of Schindlers: this is the gripping, moving and ultimately life-affirming story of how during WWII the people of Denmark rallied to save their Jewish population from the Nazis.

Foreword

The untold story of a nation of Schindlers: this is the gripping, moving and ultimately life-affirming story of how during WWII the people of Denmark rallied to save their Jewish population from the Nazis.

Report

The rescue of the Danish Jews is surely one of the most extraordinary - and genuinely moving - stories of the last century... A tremendously stirring book Dominic Sandbrook Sunday Times

Product details

• Authors: Bo Lidegaard
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.05.2015
• EAN: 9781782391487
• ISBN: 978-1-78239-148-7
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 388 g
• Illustrations: 43 b&w illustrations, 3 maps
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > General, reference works; Zweiter Weltkrieg, Dänemark, 1940 bis 1949 n. Chr., Europäische Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Europe, European History, HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Holocaust, HISTORY / Europe / General, Moderne Kriegsführung, HISTORY / Jewish, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Second World War, The Holocaust, Social and cultural history, General and world history, Relating to Jewish people and groups