I wonder if the book inquired about is Leon Uris' Exodus, which was
published in the 1950s but still in print in the 1960s in paperback. It has
an extensive and vivid depiction of the rescue of the Danish Jews, if I
recall correctly.
*Roberta Newman*
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Thanks, everyone!
I will offer the patron the choice between:
Rescue in Denmark by Harold Flender 1963
A Night of Watching, by Elliott Arnold Published by Scribner in 1967.
The other titles suggested were mostly published after 1970, so they would not
be suitable to what she is looking for.
Not quite my time period (I was born in '69).
I'm going to guess A Night of Watching.
USHMM library record :
A night of watching /
Bibliographic Record Display
- Title:A night of watching / by Elliott Arnold.
- Author:Arnold, Elliott, 1912-1980.
- Publisher:New York :
I found this list online.
https://databases.jewishlibraries.org/sites/default/files/bibliographies/Danish_resistance.pdf
There's also this.A Night of Watching
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A Night of Watching
This novel tells the story of a magnificent exploit: the feat of the Danish
Perhaps it was:
*Title:* *A night of watching.*
*Author(s):* Arnold, Elliott, 1912-1980.
Does anyone want to take a stab at answering this question I got from a patron?
"I am trying to remember the name of a novel I read in the 1960’s. It was the
story of the evacuation of Jewish people at night by boat from Denmark during
the Holocaust. I think it was a paperback book. Do you
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