Rescuing the Danish Jews
Subtitle: a heroic story from the Holocaust
By: Ann Byers.
Series: The Holocaust through primary sources
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780766033214
Subjects: Jews -- Persecutions -- Denmark -- Juvenile literature; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Denmark -- Juvenile literature; World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Denmark -- Juvenile literature; Denmark -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Juvenile literature; Denmark -- Ethnic relations -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Description: "Examines the rescue of the Danish Jews during World War II, including background on Denmark and the Holocaust, firsthand accounts from the many people involved, and how thousands of Jews were saved from the Nazis"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sounding the alarm: Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz; title: Hiding strangers: Dr. Karl Henrik Koster; title: Finding a safe place: Niels Bohr; title: From the city to the sea: Ebba Lund; title: From Denmark to Sweden: Erling Kiaer; title: Saved!: Leo Goldberger; title: Captured: Birgit Krasnik Fischermann; title: Sweden helps: Count Folke Bernadotte; title: From rescuer to rescued: Jorgen Kieler.