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1940s: When the Nazis invade Denmark, do you collaborate or not?
I Can’t Begin to Tell You
What you need to know before your trail
When the Nazis invade Denmark, British-born Kay Eberstern is sickened when Bror – her husband of twenty-five years – collaborates with the enemy to save his family home.
Lured by British Intelligence into a covert world of resistance, putting her life in the hands of London’s code breakers, Kay’s betrayal of her husband is complete as she risks her home and children to protect an SOE agent who won’t even tell her his name.
As her family – especially her headstrong daughter – is drawn further into danger, Kay is faced with a wrenching moral dilemma. Who will be sacrificed next for the cause? Can she and Bror ever find their way back to one another?
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Travel to Copenhagen BookTrail style during the Occupation
An insightful book about the resistance movement in Denmark during the occupation of the country by the German army.
The city is painted as one of careful meetings on dark corners but also shops, offices and homes taken over by the invaders. You get a detailed insight into how the Danish population coped with occupation on a day to day basis and how women like the main character in this novel coped with living in a strange country, with a husband of opposing beliefs. Those who did not collaborate had some difficult choices to make.
Since the country is only recently occupied at the start of the novel, this is a story of how the country is slowly coming to terms with it and realising that an underground resistance is to be essential in defeating the Nazis. We also learn of how these Danes are trained and how the resistance comes about.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: I Can’t Begin to Tell You
Destination: Copenhagen, Denmark Author/guide: Elizabeth Buchan Departure Time: 1940s
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