The Russians Are Coming - A Lecture by Tom Buk-Swienty

Name: The Russians Are Coming - A Lecture by Tom Buk-Swienty
Start: 2026-10-28T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-10-28T21:00:00+01:00
Location: Gedved Bibliotek

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 · 19:00 — 21:00

Gedved Bibliotek, Gedved · 125 kr. · ≈ 17 €

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The Russians Are Coming - A Lecture by Tom Buk-Swienty · Gedved Bibliotek, Gedved

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The Russians Are Coming - Lecture: Wednesday 28 October 2026, 19:00–21:00, Gedved Bibliotek, Gedved. Tickets cost 125 kr.

In the lecture "The Russians Are Coming", Tom Buk-Swienty draws on the final chaotic months of World War II. Four Danes in Berlin are at the centre - seen through their own eyes as the city collapses, refugee streams grow, bombardments are constant, and the Red Army advances closer.

The lecture is based on eyewitness accounts, many written down in the midst of the chaos of events, and depicts both military collapse and human tragedy in Berlin's streets - including the choices people make when history strikes with full force.

Ticket information will follow shortly. Venue: The Lecture Hall, Gedved Cultural Centre.

About: Tom Buk-Swienty

Author and historian Tom Buk-Swienty has made his mark with meticulously researched accounts of war and human fate - from the defeat at Dybbøl in 1864 to the experiences of Danes amid the ruins of wartime Berlin. His talks draw on unpublished letters, diaries and archival finds that bring the past close.

reviews of 'The Russians Are Coming' in Danish media at publication

100/100

reviewer score in Ekstra Bladet for 'The Russians Are Coming'

literary prizes received

What's new

2025-11
The second book in the Berlin series, 'The Russians Are Coming', was released on November 4, 2025 by Politikens Forlag and received, among other things, top marks in Ekstra Bladet.
2025-09
A retired history teacher raised criticism in Politiken against factual errors in 'Berlin Burns'; Buk-Swienty rejected the criticism and maintained the book's historical foundation.
2025-04
Buk-Swienty gave a lecture on 'Berlin Burns' at Ubby Forsamlingshus on April 10, 2025 with a communal meal and subsequent lecture.

Tracks

Slagtebænk DybbølBreakthrough work on the Battle of Dybbøl 18 April 1864, prize-winning bestseller (2008)

Dommedag AlsSecond volume on the war in 1864, about the defeat on Als 29 June 1864 (2010)

Kaptajn Dinesen (I-II)Two-volume biography of Wilhelm Dinesen, Karen Blixen's father (2013-2014)

Berlin brænderDocumentary narrative about Danes in Berlin during World War II, based on unpublished archival sources (2024)

Russerne kommerIndependent continuation of 'Berlin Burns', about Berlin's fall in 1945 seen by four Danes (November 2025)

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