Countrymen: The Untold Story of How Denmark's Jews Escaped the Nazis, of the Courage of Their Fellow Danes--And of the Extraordina

by Bo Lidegaard

Book Overview

Amid the dark, ghastly history of World War II, the literally extraordinary story, never before fully researched by a historian, of how the Danish people banded together to save their fellow Jews from... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385350155
• ISBN13: 9780385350150
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Just Perfect

This is honestly one of the best historical nonfiction books I have ever read. It was at the same time devastating and uplifting. The author connects primary source materials together in an interwoven narrative spanning many different points of view and perapectives. It is an incredibly worthwhile read.