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The Danish Solution: The Rescue of the Jews in Denmark 2003 documentary about the escape of Danish Jews to Sweden during World War II; Across the Waters, 2016 film based on the true story of Niels Børge Lund Ferdinandsen, who rescued the Danish Jews during World War II; Books. A Night of Watching (1967) a work of historical fiction by Elliot ...
The Elsinore Sewing Club (Danish: Helsingør Syklub), was a Danish organization established in 1943 which covertly transported Danish Jews to safety during the Nazi occupation of Denmark. The town of Helsingør (known as Elsinore in English) was only two miles away from Sweden, across the Øresund , from the Swedish city of Helsingborg .
Approximately 6,000 Danes were sent to concentration camps during World War II, [48] of whom about 600 (10%) died. In comparison with other countries this is a relatively low mortality rate in the concentration camps.
Fanny Arnskov (born 17 April 1889) was a Danish woman who helped Jews escape deportation by Nazis during World War II (1939–1945). She was a leader of the Women's League for Peace and Freedom. She was a leader of the Women's League for Peace and Freedom.
Medieval Danish art contains depictions of Jews—visibly wearing pointed hats—but there is no evidence that any Jews actually lived in Denmark during that time. [6] With the conclusion of the Danish Reformation in 1536, Jews along with Catholics were prohibited entry into Denmark. [7]
This greatly affected the fashion of how women dressed during the 1940s. According to dress historian Jayne Shrimpton: "Committed to ensuring the fair distribution of scarce but essential resources, namely food, clothing, and furniture, the government introduced a comprehensive rationing scheme based on allocation of coupons - a system deriving ...
HELSINKI (AP) — Israeli and Danish dignitaries on Thursday marked the 75th anniversary of the daring rescue of more than 7,000 Jews from Denmark by boat to neighboring Sweden during World War II.
Danish detainee wears a D armband during assignment to forced labor in factory outside the camp. A camp policeman at Salaspils concentration camp with an armband saying "Chief Jewish Camp Policeman" Buchenwald survivor explains to a visiting delegation some brutal methods of keeping order in the camp; he wears a Lagerdienst ("camp service ...