"Ich habe meinen Vater einmal gefragt, warum die Familie dieses Risiko eingegangen ist. Er sah mich an und sagte "Weil es das Richtige war"."
Ich frage mich, was heute das Richtige wäre. Aus meiner Sicht sollten wir sofort unseren Wohlstand einschränken und Putin nicht weiter finanzieren. In einer Zeit, in der in Europa wieder Krieg herrscht, ist es schwer, ein solches Buch zu lesen.
Damals, 1940 - 1943 in Dänemark, war für den Jungen Bamse, der hier erzählt, die Situation schwer, aber die Zuneigung eindeutig. Er war schon als Kind aktiv gegen die Nazis, hatte einen jüdischen Freund und wuchs in einem weltoffenen Haus auf. Bei der Rettung der dänischen Juden beteiligte er sich aktiv, wie seine ganze Familie. Es ist ein gutes Buch, das Menschlichkeit wiederspiegelt. "Wer nur ein einziges Leben rettet, der rettet die ganze Welt". ( )

This book is a tale of the extraordinary heroics of ordinary people in WWII. The humor is brief, but it is not a depressing book. I don't wish for times like these, but I do wish that people would show this side of themselves without these times. ( )

Interesting perspective on World War II told by a 10-year-old Danish boy named Bamse. Bamse lives in a well-off family in Denmark when the Germans invaded. The Danes didn't resist the Germans and became known as "Hitler's Canary". Bamse tells the story of the eventual resistance that his older brother took the family into to save their Jewish friends. Rare tell of the Danish resistance. ( )

This book is about a danish boy named Bamse (danish for teddy bear). He is the son of a famous actress and a set designer. When WW2 started his older brother (Orlando) is involved in the "rebels", though his sister Masha is having an affair with a german soldier. His parents adopt the "under the radar" idea, his uncle: a nazi supporter. Basme and his friend Anton (who is jewish) decide to help Orlando (who ends up being Basme's hero). Later, when jewish people are being taken from their homes, there whole family helps take care of many jewish families, and helps them escape.
This book was very interesting. It told a story that was not very well known, not many people think about Denmark in the war. This book was based on true stories that the author learned from her father. It has a very different tone then many books about WW2. It was a sad book, but happy at the same time. It is very different then the Anne Frank book, though they both tell the story about children in the war. You realize that Denmark was much more than "Hitler's Canary" as the British nicknamed it. The author chose great characters to portray the different opinions, and support that the war got. ( )

Bamse's Danish parents and their friends are non traditional. His mother is a famous actress who seems to live in an dreamy, poetic world with little of her actions indicating her feet and thoughts are planted firmly on the ground.

His papa is an artist who words for a newspaper drawing political cartoons, and who also helps design marvelous stage back drops for his lovely wife.

His brother Orlando is actively working to undermine the Nazi's.

When Denmark is invaded by Hitler's armies, at first it appears life can stay the same. But, as time progresses it is obvious that there can be no complacency. As the Danish people rebel and try should random acts of violence against the German soldiers, increasingly their actions are dust in the wind.

As Bamse learns of the bigotry and hatred toward Jews by the German regime, he and his friend Anton become involved in a mission to help the resisters.

When the Nazi's invade their apartment looking for Jews in hiding, it is Bamse''s theatrical mother who finds a way to keep the Nazi's from taking Bamse's beloved friend Anton and his family. ( )