A Night of Watching Author:Elliott Arnold This novel tells the story of a magnificent exploit: the feat of the Danish Underground in 1943 when, in the space of two weeks, virtually all the eight thousand Danish Jews were smuggled to Sweden. For three and a half years the Germans had carried on a rather peaceful occupation of Denmark, with no persecution of the Jewish community. Hitler... more » decided suddenly to deport the Jews, for eventual extermination. The Gestapo selected the High Hold Days as a practicable moment, and everything was efficiently arranged. But it did not work because some of the Germans had become corrupted by the decency of the conquered people; and because the warlike Danes risked everything for their fellow Danes, the Jews.« less