Erik Scavenius
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Erik Julius Christian Scavenius was the Danish foreign minister from 1909 to 1910, 1913 to 1920 and 1940 to 1943, and prime minister from 1942 to 1943, during the occupation of Denmark until the Danis
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Erik Scavenius (left) with German plenipotentiary of Denmark, Dr. Werner Best.
Werner Best
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Karl Rudolf Werner Best was a German jurist, police chief, SS-Obergruppenführer, Nazi Party leader, and theoretician from Darmstadt. He was the first chief of Department 1 of the Gestapo, Nazi Germany
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…of all previously Danish territories south to the "Danevirke". Occupation of Denmark Erik Scavenius (left) with German plenipotentiary of Denmark, Dr. Werner Best. Scavenius became foreign minister again during most of the German occupation of Denmark. As such, he was the most important liaison between the Danish…
Best in 1942
Best participating in the commemoration for fallen members of the Free Corps Denmark, Copenhagen 17 October 1943
Best's 1944 carbon promotion document from his personal SS file