Darkness+Over+Denmark

1. From whose perspective is the story told? (A Jew? A Nazi? A survivor? A Righteous Gentile? A Descendant of a survivor?) What are the benefits of getting the story from this perspective? This story is told from the perspective of Danish Jews and Gentiles. The benefits of this perspective is that you read how the Jews were oppressed and the determination of the Gentiles not to allow them to be killed.

2. What life lesson did you learn from the plot of this story? That discrimination and hate are wrong.

3. What did you like most about this book? // Darkness Over Denmark // is nonfiction. I like that it was about real people and events.

4. How does this text relate, if at all, to // Parallel Journeys //? The book is about World War Two. The Danish people defied the Nazis in their intended eradication of the Jewish population by hiding them or smuggling them to other countries. In //Parallel Journeys// the characters also hid and left Germany to avoid deportation to the concentration camps.

5. How could you use this book to teach the Holocaust? I would use this book to inspire the students to realize that you do not have to give in to hate and fear and prejudice. That people can stand up for right is right and moral and good in the world and save their fellow men from tyranny.

6. Would you recommend this book to a friend? I would most definitely recommend this book to a friend.

Georgia Parker