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DENMARK ... hundredth anniversary of their synagogue's existence. Over the next seven years, Denmark would welcome ... as chalutzim, the Hebrew word for “pioneers,” who came to Denmark for agricultural training before

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King Christian X of Denmark

DID KING CHRISTIAN X OF DENMARK WEAR A YELLOW STAR IN SUPPORT OF THE DANISH JEWS? No, he did not ... . According to popular legend, King Christian X of Denmark chose to wear a yellow star in support of the ... Danish Jews during the German occupation of Denmark. In another version, the Danish people decided to

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German presence in Copenhagen, Denmark

Denmark signed a nonaggression pact with Germany in 1939, hoping to maintain neutrality as it had ... in World War I. Germany, however, broke the agreement on April 9, 1940, when it occupied Denmark ... 1943, as German policies towards Denmark toughened, the Danes would form one of the most active and

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German invasion of Denmark and Norway, 1940

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Nazi camps in Norway and Denmark, 1940-1945

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Jewish refugees from Denmark upon arrival in neutral Sweden.

Jewish refugees from Denmark upon arrival in neutral Sweden. 1943.

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Danish refugees register in Sweden after escaping from Denmark.

Danish refugees register in Sweden after escaping from Denmark. Sweden, after October 1943.

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The Danish Freedom Council, Denmark's unofficial government-in-exile from July 1944 to May 1945, was made up of leaders of the f

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Portrait of Georg Duckwitz, German naval attache in Denmark who leaked the Nazi plan to deport Danish Jews.

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Rabbi Marcus Melchior, Danish chief rabbi, who warned his congregants that the Germans intended to round up Denmark's Jews.

round up Denmark's Jews. Melchior himself went into hiding and escaped to Sweden. Copenhagen, Denmark

Oral History

Preben Munch-Nielsen

Denmark in 1940. Preben became a courier in the resistance. When the Gestapo (German Secret State Police ... ) began hunting down Jews in Denmark in October 1943, Preben helped hide refugees in houses near the shore ... November 1943. He returned to Denmark in May 1945. ... Snekkersten, Denmark

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Preben Munch-Nielsen

Denmark in 1940. Preben became a courier in the resistance. When the Gestapo (German Secret State Police ... ) began hunting down Jews in Denmark in October 1943, Preben helped hide refugees in houses near the shore ... November 1943. He returned to Denmark in May 1945. ... about one thousand four hundred people from Denmark to Sweden.

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Preben Munch-Nielsen

Denmark in 1940. Preben became a courier in the resistance. When the Gestapo (German Secret State Police ... ) began hunting down Jews in Denmark in October 1943, Preben helped hide refugees in houses near the shore ... November 1943. He returned to Denmark in May 1945. ... Snekkersten, Denmark

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Leif Donde

The Germans occupied Denmark in April 1940, but the Danish government remained in existence and was ... worked in a garment factory. The family returned to Denmark after the end of the war. ... Describes his family's escape from Denmark to Sweden ... railroad station, and took a train down to the southern part of Denmark. Uh, I remember that, again this

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Tove Schoenbaum Bamberger

Germany occupied Denmark in April 1940. The Danish government remained in existence and was able to ... protect Jews in Denmark from anti-Jewish measures. In late August 1943, however, the Danish government ... Snekkersten, from where they were able to sail to safety in Sweden. Tove returned to Denmark in May 1945. ... minutes into Sweden--between Sweden and Denmark, a big boat came and we were afraid it was Germans because

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Leif Donde

Denmark's 6,000 Jews lived in Copenhagen before the war. Despite its size, the city's Jewish population ... not. I didn't really care; they were all my friends. 1940-44: The Germans occupied Denmark in April ... Scandinavia surrendered on May 4, 1945, Leif and his family returned to Denmark. ... Copenhagen, Denmark

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Preben Munch-Nielsen

just my classmates and pals. In Denmark we didn't distinguish between Jews and non-Jews, we were all ... , in 1939, my parents said that Hitler had promised not to invade Denmark, which made us feel ... Snekkersten, Denmark

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Danish rescue boat

refugees from German-occupied Denmark to neutral Sweden.

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Danish fascists demonstrate their solidarity with the occupying Germany powers.

street fighting. Copenhagen, Denmark, November 1940.

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Rescue of Danish Jews, fall 1943

Germany occupied Denmark in 1940. When the Germans decided to deport Jews from Denmark in August ... Germans seized about 500 Jews in Denmark and deported them to the Theresienstadt ghetto in Bohemia. The

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Danish fishermen (foreground) ferry Jews across a narrow sound to safety in neutral Sweden during the German occupation of Denma

the German occupation of Denmark. Sweden, 1943.

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Danish fishermen used this boat to carry Jews to safety in Sweden during the German occupation.

. Denmark, 1943 or 1944.

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A boat used by Danish fishermen to transport Jews to safety in Sweden during the German occupation.

. Denmark, date uncertain.

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Portrait of a preschool class in Copenhagen.

of the few Jewish students in the class. His family moved to Denmark from Czechoslovakia, fearing the ... Copenhagen. Photograph taken in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1938–1939.

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Niels Bamberger

Niels was raised in a religious Jewish household. In 1932, the family fled to Copenhagen, Denmark ... , where Niels's father opened an antique store in the mid-1930s. The Germans invaded Denmark in April 1940 ... . Niels returned to Denmark in May 1945. ... Describes German invasion of Denmark in 1940

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