Henny and her boat
TitleHenny and her boat
Author
Call number940.531809489/0008
Object number8171
Place of publicationNorth Charleston, South Carolina
PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing
Year of publication
2017
MaterialBook
ISBN1545436789
Description
Describes the remarkable story of Henny Sinding, who organised the 1943 escape of hundreds of Jews, on the vessel Gerda III, from the shores of Nazi-occupied Denmark to the safety of Sweden. Each night for a month Henny bravely escorted Jews from secret rendezvous points to a dockside warehouse and then slipped them past Nazi sentries into Gerda IIIs cargo hold. Gerda IIIs crew completed the escape--motoring daily past German warships and mines to unoccupied Sweden.