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Told from various perspectives, a powerful novel revisits the Nazi occupation of Copenhagen as Julie, along with her family, places her faith in Niels, a member of the Danish resistance who has learned of a Nazi plot to imprison all of Copenhagen's Jews and vows to save them.
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Told from several points of view, this novel reveals how life in Copenhagen was soiled by the Nazi occupation and how the Danes fought back with courage and kindness. Julie lives with the constant, nagging fear that her family will be sent to a concentration camp. Niels can't stand the brutish, arrogant Nazi soldiers and finds himself drawn to the Danish resistance. When Niels learns of the Nazi plot to round up all of Copenhagen's Jews, he is dominated by a single thought: rescue. Julie wonders how she will endure so many good-byes, especially to Niels. This riveting read is based on the true story of how thousands of Denmark's Jews were saved from the Nazis.
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