The first installment in Tom Swientys major historical duology about a handful of correspondents who survived WWII while stationed in Berlin is out now in Norway. Berlin is Burning was just published by Dreyers Forlag!

Get up close to one of the most momentous events in world history – A No. 1 bestseller.

DRAWING ON PREVIOUSLY unpublished material, bestselling author Tom Swienty tells the untold story of the Danish journalists who reported from Berlin during World War II. Denmark was regarded by the Nazis as a “Special Case”: occupied, yet officially neutral. Unlike any other occupied nation, Denmark’s press was compelled to maintain a presence in the Reich’s capital. This placed Danish correspondents in a uniquely precarious position — neither outsiders nor insiders, but witnesses forced to navigate between propaganda and truth.

AT THE CENTER stand Paul E. Stemann of Berlingske Tidende and Arild Hvidtfeldt of Socialdemokraten. Through their unpublished memoirs and private papers — preserved in archives but never before studied — the drama of wartime Berlin is revealed with rare immediacy. Added to this are the private letters of the young Danish diplomat Frederik Holck Colding, giving further insight into how Danes experienced Berlin from within the eye of the storm.

AS THE GERMAN capital burned, bombed, and finally collapsed, these Danes observed and recorded events in ways that no other foreign correspondents could.

PRAISED BY CRITICS and embraced by readers, Berlin Is Burning became a major bestseller in Denmark in 2024, remaining on the charts for months. Combining meticulous research with vivid storytelling, it shines a light on a forgotten angle of the war, and the courage it took to tell the truth when doing so could mean death.