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Countrymen
By Bo Lidegaard
Archival Summary & Scope
In 1943, amidst the horrors of WWII, Denmark accomplished something unprecedented: it saved almost its entire Jewish population from Nazi deportation. *Countrymen* presents the first comprehensive history of this extraordinary rescue, drawing on previously unpublished diaries and documents. It details the fourteen harrowing days when Danish citizens, united from king to commoner, defied occupation forces, smuggling 7,742 Jews to safety in Sweden. This account illuminates the moral courage of a small democracy standing against the Third Reich, offering a testament to collective resistance and humanity in the darkest of times.Archival Categorization Notes
This literature has been indexed under the primary pillar of World War II. It was manually vetted for the Read For Truth database because it provides educational insights into Holocaust, assisting researchers in locating established secondary research within this specific taxonomy.
