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This is not true, as Danish Jews were not forced to wear the star of David. However, the legend likely stems from a 1942 British report that claimed he threatened to don the star if this was forced upon Danish Jews. [12] He did, however, later on, finance the transport of Danish Jews to unoccupied Sweden, where they would be safe from Nazi ...
About 116 Danish Jews remained hidden in Denmark until the war's end, a few died of accidents or committed suicide, and a handful had special permission to stay. The casualties among Danish Jews during the Holocaust were among the lowest of the occupied countries of Europe. Yad Vashem records only 102 Jews from Denmark who were murdered in the ...
By October 1, 1943, in less than three weeks, 7 thousand Jews from Denmark were transported to neutral Sweden by the Danish anti-Nazi underground. The Nazis managed to deport only 472 Danish Jews to concentration camps. [104] In Norway, they managed to save 930 of the approximately 1,800 Jews, also transporting them to Sweden. [105]
Antisemitism in Denmark has not been as widespread as in other countries. Initially, Jews were banned as in other countries in Europe, but beginning in the 17th century, Jews were allowed to live in Denmark freely, unlike in other European countries where they were forced to live in ghettos. [116] [better source needed]
In particular, the Talmud said that Jews should not sell themselves to non-Jews, and if they did, the Jewish community was urged to ransom or redeem the slave. [33] While Jews did take slavery as a given, just as in other ancient societies, slaves in Jewish households could expect more compassionate treatment. [48]
Other academics such as Judith Spicksley, have argued that forms of slavery did in fact continue in England between the 12th and 17th centuries, but under other terms such as "serfs", "villein" and "bondsmen", however the serf or villein differed from the slave in that they could not be purchased as a moveable object who could be removed from ...
Trials of the Diaspora: A History of Anti-Semitism in England (Oxford University Press; 2010) 811 pages; Examines four distinct versions of English anti-Semitism, from the medieval era (including the expulsion of Jews in 1290) to what is argued is anti-Semitism in the guise of anti-Zionism today. Katz, David S. The Jews in the History of ...
The Jews were also subjected to attacks by the Shepherds' Crusades of 1251 and 1320. The Crusades were followed by expulsions, including in 1290 the banishing of all Jews from the Kingdom of England by King Edward I with the Edict of Expulsion. In 1394, 100,000 Jews were expelled from France. Thousands more were deported from Austria in 1421 ...