Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark

The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark

By Carmen Agra Deedy and Henri Sorensen

ISBN: 978-1561452088, c.2000

Carmen Agra Deedy retells the legend of how King Christian X of Denmark wore a yellow star to defend all the Jews under his reign against the Nazi regime. When the Nazis circulate the order that all Jews must wear yellow stars on their clothing, the king devises a way to protect them.  King Christian X does something unexpected …  He makes his morning rounds wearing a yellow Star of David on his finest suit and proves yet why his people love him so.

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