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Henny's boat : the maritime rescue operation that saved Denmark's Jews and sparked a nationwide revolt against the Nazis / Howard S. Veisz.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: DS135.D4 V45 2022

Overview

Summary: "Henny Sinding, daughter of a Danish navy officer, teamed with a fledgling resistance group to save three hundred Jews on a lighthouse supply boat named Gerda III. Each night for a month Henny bravely escorted Jews from secret rendezvous points to a dockside warehouse and then slipped them past Nazi sentries into Gerda III's cargo hold. Gerda III's crew completed the escape ... The story of Gerda III and the people associated with it ... epitomizes the story of a nation that rose from a humbling surrender to battle the Nazis and hand the Gestapo its most glaring defeat"-- Amazon.com
Variant Title: Maritime rescue operation that saved Denmark's Jews and sparked a nationwide revolt against the Nazis
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Veisz, Howard S., author.
Published: [United States?] : [publisher not identified], [2022]
©2022
Locale: Denmark
Danemark
Notes: "This work is a new and expanded edition of the book, titled Henny and her boat, which was originally published by the author in 2017"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-179) and index.

Physical Details

Language: English
ISBN: 9798985722406
Physical Description: ix, 187 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Denmark. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Denmark. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Denmark. Denmark--History--German occupation, 1940-1945. Holocauste, 1939-1945--Danemark. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Juifs--Sauvetage--Danemark. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Participation des femmes. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Mouvements de résistance--Danemark. Danemark--Histoire--1940-1945 (Occupation allemande) Military participation--Female. War--Underground movements. Denmark. History. Sinding, Henny,--1921- Gerda III (Lighthouse tender)--History.

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