Citizens Rescue Danish Jews from Germans
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Religion, Ethics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Wars, Battles, World War II, Judaism, Jews, Synagogues, Temples, Human Rights, Holocaust
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History, Scandinavian History
- Geographical Location: Scandinavia, Denmark
- Date: October, 1943
Article abstract: When German Gestapo and SS troops sought to apprehend seven thousand Danish Jews, thousands of Danes hid their fellow citizens and helped them to escape to neutral Sweden.
Summary of Event
Denmark was unique among the occupied countries of Europe during World War II. The German occupation was less brutal than in Poland or Norway, for example. The Danes, realizing the futility of standing up to a German Blitzkrieg, put up only token resistance in April of 1940, when Germany sent a naval task force and one armored division against the...
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