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Hour of need : the daring escape of the Danish Jews during World War II / by Ralph Shayne ; illustrated by Tatiana Goldberg.

by Shayne, Ralph.

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Jews -- Persecutions -- Denmark -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Denmark -- Comic books, strips, etc.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Denmark -- Comic books, strips, etc.

9781499813586 (hc.)

155 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (page 170).

In the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale, legend had it that should danger ever come to Denmark, the mighty warrior Holger Danske promised to wake from his centuries-long slumber to protect its citizens. When the Nazis move to round up young Mette and her fellow Danish Jews in a surprise raid in 1943 after years of letting Denmark rule its people, her father must make life and death decisions to save his family. Overnight, they have become refugees at the mercy of the complete strangers they meet during their escape. The mythical Holger Danske's promise to the Danish people manifests in the compassion and bravery of a school teacher turned resistance leader and other ordinary citizens who bravely defy the Nazi regime to come to her rescue in her hour of need. Told from the point of view of Mette returning to Denmark years later with her grandchildren, Hour of Need tells the story of how the people of an occupied nation--from king to fisherman--risked their lives to evacuate their Jewish countrymen to Sweden in small fishing boats. Hour of Need is a tribute to the heroes that saved the Danish Jews and how humanity triumphs in the darkest hours.

Graphic novels.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Goldberg, Tatiana.

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