We are delighted to announce that The Russians Are Coming by Tom Buk-Swienty has just been published in Denmark by Politiken.

Picking up where his bestselling Berlin Is Burning left off, Buk-Swienty tells the story of Denmark during the final months of the Second World War. Regarded as a “special case” by Nazi Germany, Denmark remained officially neutral, forcing its press to navigate the delicate balance between reporting the Reich’s propaganda and subtly documenting its rise and fall.

Set in January 1945, Berlin is crumbling as the Eastern Front collapses and refugees flood the city. The book follows four eyewitnesses – journalists Paul Ernst Stemann and Arild Hvidtfeldt, and diplomats Vincens Steensen-Leth and Frederik Holck Colding – caught in the heart of history’s storm.

Drawing on rare, previously unused eyewitness accounts, Buk-Swienty immerses readers in the chaos, fear, and human drama of Berlin’s final months before its surrender on 2 May, 1945. Amid relentless bombings and the Russian invasion, these Danish correspondents experienced the fall of the Third Reich firsthand.

An excellent account. […] Buk-Swienty is a fascinating, talented storyteller, observer, critic and historian. […] Tom Buk-Swienty has written an excellent book about Berlin. It is really worth reading, just like the first volume, Berlin Is Burning.
– Ekstra Bladet

A monumental work. […] Tom Buk-Swienty picks up where he left off in last year’s critically acclaimed Berlin Is Burning. Once again, the award-winning historian orchestrates his narrative in a masterful way. The style is kaleidoscopic, but the overview of the material in The Russians Are Coming is superb.
– Jyllands-Posten