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Rescue of the Danish Jews
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The Danish resistance movement, with the assistance of many Danish citizens, managed to evacuate 7,500 of Denmark's 8,000 Jews, plus 686 non-Jewish spouses, by sea to nearby neutral Sweden during the
Danish Jews being transported to Sweden
Danish Jews being transported to Sweden
Prewar Polish passport used to register in Sweden in 1943 after being smuggled away from occupied Denmark.
Prewar Polish passport used to register in Sweden in 1943 after being smuggled away from occupied Denmark.
From October 1943 the boat Gerda III of the Danish Lighthouse and Buoy Service was used to ferry Jewish refugees from German-occupied Denmark to neutr
From October 1943 the boat Gerda III of the Danish Lighthouse and Buoy Service was used to ferry Jewish refugees from German-occupied Denmark to neutral Sweden. With a group of some ten refugees on board for each trip, the vessel set out for her official lighthouse duties before detouring to the coast of Sweden. Between the lighthouse manager's daughter Henny Sinding Sundø and Gerda III's crew (Skipper Otto Andersen, John Hansen, Gerhardt Steffensen, and Einar Tønnesen), they together ferried approximately 300 Jews to safety.
Memorial in "Denmark Square", Jerusalem
Memorial in "Denmark Square", Jerusalem
Danish resistance movement
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The Danish resistance movements were an underground insurgency to resist the German occupation of Denmark during World War II. Due to the initially lenient arrangements, which allowed the democratic g
Rescue of the Danish Jews
…The Danish resistance movement, with the assistance of many Danish citizens, managed to evacuate 7,500 of Denmark's 8,000 Jews, plus 686 non-Jewish spouses, by sea to nearby neutral…
Members of the resistance movement in fight with German soldiers Flakhaven in Odense 5th of May 1945
Members of the resistance movement in fight with German soldiers Flakhaven in Odense 5th of May 1945
København, 1945
København, 1945
M1917 Enfield used by a resistance group in Haslev.
M1917 Enfield used by a resistance group in Haslev.
Railway shop workers in Frederiksværk built this armored car for offensive use by the Danish resistance. It was employed against Danish Nazis, known a
Railway shop workers in Frederiksværk built this armored car for offensive use by the Danish resistance. It was employed against Danish Nazis, known as the Lorenzen group, entrenched in the plantation of Asserbo in North Zealand. May 5, 1945