![]() ![]() ![]() By now, it is available in other languages as well. The book was published in Danish in 2013, and translated and published into English the same year. I knew the headline and nothing more.īo Lidegaard’s book gives the story and details. So when I heard “Countrymen” described how the Danish Jewish population got out of Denmark during the Second World War, I searched for a copy. Later I heard he was a tourist from Israel. It was obvious he was dealing with something personal and important. He knelt, took a hand of sand, then looked across the water to Sweden. One person walked off, away from the group. A few went for a walk on the small, secluded beach. Some went sight-seeing in the small village. It was early October, but the weather was lovely and the Sound very calm. Somewhere along the lovely Strandvej, we stopped at a small fishing village. In fact, while in Denmark, I had joined one of many bus tours from Copenhagen, to visit “ Hamlet’s” castle in Helsingor. Having visited Denmark, I had heard about this. Like so many, she had been unaware that practically the complete Danish Jewish population had survived the Second World War. But did you know that a few occupied countries ensured nearly their complete Jewish population survived?Īt a recent meeting of one of the readers’ groups I’m a member of, someone recommended reading “Countrymen” by Danish author Bo Lidegaard. In occupied countries, such groups were deported and destroyed. You know what happened to people like the Romani (gypsies), communists, the Jews, and others the Nazis didn’t like. ![]()
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