Hour of Need: The Daring Escape of the Danish Jews during World War II: A Graphic Novel

This is the author's first book - a telling of his mother's experience as a little girl in Nazi occupied Denmark. His notes in the back do a great job explaining his own vested interest, as well as the Danish experience in WWII. While it is an 'urban legend' that the king of Denmark ordered everyone to wear a yellow star so as to keep the Jews from standing out, it is true that the Danish people were determined to help their Jewish neighbors and did all they could subversively to prevent them from being part of the round-up and 'Final Solution.' A big part of this was getting them out of the country to Sweden. Only 120 Danish Jews died in camps during the war. The country also took great strength in is folk stories and heroes, created show more by Hans Christian Andersen like the Little Mermaid and Holger Danske. Denmark also had a well-organized and daring underground resistance named for that warrior. I read this in preparation for the author's visit to my school and learned a lot about this aspect of WWII that I knew nothing about. It also serves as a relevant reminder to resist group-think and hate speech and to look for the humanity in each other. show less