Hitler's Canary
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (525 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1596432470 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Through the voice of 12-year-old Bamse, Toksvig mixes in a sardonic humor that adds spice and comic relief to a story about a very perilous and frightening time. In total, close to 7200 Jews and 689 non-Jews escaped to Sweden. Bamse's political-cartoonist father loses his job and his famous stage-actress mother makes good use of her acting talent to create an effective diversion for the Gestapo searching their home. Bamse and his Jewish friend Anton begin to work secretly alongside Orlando until Anton's family is forced into hiding. . All rights reserved. Older brother Orlando sees the writing on the wall and joins the Resistance while Uncle Johann sides with the Nazi sympathizers, hoping for survival through coop
'Why aren't you doing something? Do you know what the British are calling us? Hitler's canary! I've heard it on the radio, on the BBC. "My brother stood up so quickly he almost knocked Mama over. "it had nothing to do with us," Bamse tells us. They don't get involved in politics. They say he has us in a cage and we just sit and sing any tune he wants.'"Bamse's family are theater people. Yet now he must decide: should he take his father's advice and not stir up trouble? Or should he follow his brother into the Resistance and take part in the most demanding role of his life?
"Ordinary Danes exhibit extraordinary courage during WWII" according to Amazon Customer. The not so well known story of how the Danes managed to save most of Denmark's Jews from deportation to death camps is told through the eyes of a 12 year-old. Bamse the son of a dramatic actress and a timid artist is not Jewish but, his best friend Anton is. Demark was not only out gunned but also grossly o. "Enjoyable historical fiction" according to mimagirl. Hitler's Canary is the story of the invasion of Denmark by the Nazis in World War II. Bamse's family is a quiet, peaceable family, but when the Nazis arrive, everything changes. His brother Orlando starts doing dangerous work for the resistance while his father believes they should sit the war out. But Bams. Toksvig does an excellent job of making these events approachable to a younger audience Based on accounts of her own grandparents' work in the Danish resistance, Toksvig tells a compelling story of the many Danes who helped smuggle Danish Jews out of the country to Sweden before they were taken to Hitler's Concentration camps. The story revolves around ten-year-old Bamse and his family--a grou