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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of how the Danish people banded together to save their fellow Jews from the Nazis—told through the remarkable unpublished diaries and documents of families forced to run for safety, leaving their homes and possessions behind, and of those who courageously came to their aid.
In 1943, with its king and administration weakened but intact during the Nazi occupation, Denmark did something that no other country in Western Europe even attempted. Anticipating that the German occupying powers would soon issue the long-feared order to round up the entire population of Jews for deportation to concentration camps, the Danish people stood up in defiance and resisted. The king, politicians, and ordinary civilians were united in their response—these threatened people were not simply Jews but fellow Danes who happened to be Jewish, and no one would help in rounding them up for confinement and deportation.
While diplomats used their limited but very real power to maneuver and impede matters in both Copenhagen and Berlin, the warning that the crisis was at hand quickly spread through the Jewish community. 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.
While the bare facts of this exodus have been known for decades, astonishingly no full history of it has been written. Unfolding on a day-to-day basis, Countrymen brings together accounts written by individuals and officials as events happened, offering a comprehensive overview that underlines occupied Denmark’s historical importance to Hitler as a prop for the model Nazi state and revealing the savage conflict among top Nazi brass for control of the country. This is a 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.
- Sales Rank: #604917 in eBooks
- Published on: 2013-09-17
- Released on: 2013-09-17
- Format: Kindle eBook
From Booklist
One of the few feel-good stories to emerge from the Holocaust was the protection and eventual rescue of the approximately 7,000 Danish Jews by their fellow Gentile Danish citizens, escaping a scheduled roundup by Nazi occupiers. Lidegaard is a former diplomat and is currently the editor of the Danish newspaper Politiken. As he points out, this mass rescue was extraordinary, since the population and governments of other occupied nations rarely protected their fellow Jewish countrymen. Lidegaard uses diaries, letters, and memoirs of the participants to provide a day-to-day narrative that proceeds on two tracks: the Nazi plans for roundup and the Danish plans to defeat it. The Danish government, including the king, had advance notice of the Nazi plan. A policy of delay and obstruction bought time, which allowed ordinary citizens to organize transport of almost all of the Jews to Sweden. This is a tense, inspiring story of the resistance to oppression by a united people. --Jay Freeman
From Bookforum
Lidegaard has painstakingly reconstructed an extraordinary story, and he tells with the assurance of a journalist who knows he’s making literature. It’s a shame that the epic story of Countrymen had to wait so long to be told in full-length book form. —Allen Barra
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“Countrymen is extraordinary. I will not soon forget this epic of decency, this saga of humanism saving lives. The idea of humanism has been under attack for so long now, as false and sentimental and impotent, as insufficiently radical to make a difference, that it is stirring to be given a grand example of the opposite case—of a clear, muscular, brave, and effective humanism, and in the whole of a society. Bo Lidegaard's moving and meticulous book is itself an expression of the idealism that it documents.”
–Leon Wieseltier
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful.
In-depth historical treatise on a special moment during WW II.
By Esther Schindler
Many years ago I was told how, during the German occupation of Denmark, the king refused to comply with the Germans' demands to make Jews wear the star-of-David. And he did so, the story goes, by wearing a Jewish star himself, and the whole country wearing stars in support of the Jewish population.
As it turns out, that isn't exactly what happened. But the actual history is almost as impressive, because Denmark DID save its Jews from the Nazis in World War II. And Bo Lidegaard tells us every detail of that history.
This is another book in which I'd like you to ignore my star rating, because its value is based more on your expectations than mine. I confess that my interest in the subject was superficial, at least in comparison to the information supplied. It's like asking someone, "How was your day at work?" and getting a two-hour answer when a few paragraphs would satiate your curiosity about the topic. However, I certainly cannot fault the author for doing a conscientious detailed job!
Still, I learned quite a bit about Denmark's role during World War II, and how hard the community and the government (or what was left of it) tried to keep themselves a separate and independent entity. For example, the populace was encouraged to comply with the Germans but to give them a cold shoulder socially. And the key in supporting the Jews was not a matter of appreciating the religion (there were only 7,000 Jews in the country to begin with) but the perception of Denmark's independence and, kind of, "You ain't the boss of me."
The what-happened-when history -- including quite a bit of information about the politicians who behaved mostly-honorably -- is interspersed with excerpts from diaries kept by Jews during the time they had to hightail it out of Denmark and into Sweden. That lends a personal fillip to all the reference material.
The end result is that the author recorded a moment of valor and grace in a time when such qualities were so often absent. "The crucial point is that the refugees could count on their countrymen and engage friends, colleagues, and neighbors, as a matter of course, in their efforts to find a way out," writes Lidegaard. "Not even necessarily those who were known to be involved in the armed resistance... Rather, a wide circle of ordinary citizens took their first step into defiance by helping fellow citizens. They did so because they perceived the impending action as an attempt to break the spine of the society they felt part of."
If you are expecting a Bill Bryson-esque overview of Fun Facts About The Nazis, this is bound to be disappointing, because Lidegaard goes into a lot of historical depth with plenty of sources and relevant tangents. And I think you have to be REALLY interested in getting the entire story to find the book a page-turner. But if you do want all the facts at your fingertips, Countrymen is an excellent reference that'll suit the need.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful.
Important but ponderous (3.5 stars)
By J. Green
In the history of Nazi Germany's persecution of the Jews there aren't many happy stories. Usually the best we can manage is a family hidden in the attic or an individual who slipped away. But the case of Denmark, where 7,000 Danes were Jewish, stands out even if it doesn't start very promisingly.
When Germany attacked in April 1940, Denmark's leaders didn't believe the country was strong enough to resist. Instead of putting up a fight, Denmark became an occupied country that still retained some semblance of self-government - a situation most Danes found humiliating. And given Germany's record of persecution against Jews, Danish leaders did everything they thought possible to avert a roundup of their citizens. Yet when it finally came on October 1, 1943, the people themselves managed to help nearly all the Jews to escape to Sweden. Out of 7,000, only a few hundred were captured by the Germans.
Given that I am one quarter Danish (my grandmother and her parents emigrated around 1900) I really looked forward to this history. And it's an inspiring story of how the Danish people helped their "countrymen" escape what everyone knew was a death-sentence. The risks people took were very real and dangerous, and neighbors even cared for the property of the refugees (instead of the opportunistic looting that generally happened in other places). The book focuses mostly on the Hannover and Marcus families - two sisters - as well as their father, but other sources and stories are included as well. I found it especially interesting how people knew what the Germans were doing to the Jews (not always in vague or general terms!) and yet they still found it hard to believe it would happen in Denmark, instead trusting in the "honor" of the occupation forces. And yet, if it hadn't been for some information leaks, the number who escaped might have been small.
Unfortunately, it's also a very ponderous book that can easily overwhelm an otherwise eager reader at a snail's pace. Frequently accounts of the same event are quoted at length from multiple sources, giving a more complete view of the events but also dragging on for pages with little gained. As such, it may be a scholarly work, but made it hard for me to engage as an ordinary reader. I found the book interesting *while I was reading it,* but it was difficult to find much enthusiasm to pick it up again *in between* readings. Nonetheless, this is an important story, and one I am glad to know but I can't in good conscience give it more than 3 stars ("just okay"). (Oh, and that story about King Christian and the people all wearing Jewish stars in a show of solidarity? It's just a story.)
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
An compelinging, heart-wrenching account of a nation's heroism
By William Courson
Denmark had been under German occupation since 1940, but as late as 1943 - through a combination of unimaginable courage, crafty diplomacy and naked dissimulation - the government of that kingdom managed to remain more or less intact, in control of its population, territory and organs of administration, including its police and armed forces.
Denmark had managed to maintain its neutrality under a seeming and widely criticized patina of appeasement: while allowing the Germans into the country, it firmly resisted Nazi representation in its councils of government. But by 1943, the German occupiers had reached the limits of their tether, their patience at an end: Denmark was theirs, and its Jewish population was to be deported and exterminated in the man-made hells that spotted the eastern half of the European continent.
Knowing this to be the case, the aging King Christian X and his stalwart prime minister, Thorvad Stauning, collaborated with the country's citizenry to save their 7,000 fellow Danes who happened to be Jewish from certain death at the hands of their Nazi occupiers Over fourteen days - from Sunday, September 26th to Saturday October 9th, the great mass of the Danish people "spontaneously" came together to help, hide and protect their Jewish friends and neighbors - neighbors who were suddenly refugees - and smuggle nearly the whole of Denmark's Jewish community out of the country in trains, planes, automobiles and boats and into safety in neighboring Sweden.
Shockingly, until the publication of Bo Lidegaard's "Countrymen" there has been no definite history written of this amazing episode, a singular bright spot in the horrors of World War II Europe.
This book is compelling, truly a page turner: an incredibly engaging epic of the decency of ordinary human beings saving the lives of their fellows at often great risk to themselves. "Countrymen" is well-written and thoughtfully organized, filled with detailed information and chronicling the experiences of the Germans, the Danes themselves, their government and king, and the Jewish Danes and those non-Jewish Danes married to them. A wonderful, uplifting story that gives one hope for the human species.
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