1 0 obj At the end of September 1943, news of an impending German Aktion reached the Jews through Danish political leaders who were forewarned by Georg F. Duckwitz, the German legation’s attaché for shipping affairs in Copenhagen. On September 11, 1943, Best asked Hitler for permission to begin rounding up Danish Jews. ”People”, he said, “are bound to one another with ties more profound than any of the barriers of human history, including the history of religion, may have constructed”. Although resistance groups sprang up, they limited themselves to spying on the occupiers and reporting to the Allies. The Danish Resistance movement during World War Two was in a curious position. Between April 1940 and August 1943, Danish attitudes toward their German occupiers underwent significant transformation. Babies in strollers or carriers will not be permitted to enter. On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, Wednesday, September 29, 1943, Rabbi Marcus Melchior told his congregation that the Germans planned a mass roundup of Jews the next day, when the Nazis knew families would be gathered in their homes for the holiday. The Danes were given a degree of autonomy unheard of in any other German occupied country in Europe. Duckwitz then warned the Danish resistance and high-ranking members of the Jewish community. In the beginning, whatever negative attitudes the Danes had about the Germans were expressed through passive resistance, or giving them the “cold shoulder,” rather than by open defiance, armed resistance, or sabotage. Who is my neighbor? While we must not discount the role of the Danish Lutheran Church in this effort to help the Jews in Denmark during the Holocaust, the Danes probably responded, as Thomas Merton once wrote, not so much because they “were Christians, as [because] they were human. It was followed by frequent visits from the Danish Red Cross. For the next three weeks, fishing vessels took off from the Danish coastline at night. When Denmark abolished its absolute monarchy in 1849 and adopted its free Constitution, Jews received full political equality, with access to the university, to commercial opportunity, and to social status. Most Jews paid their way, while others had their passage paid for by members of the resistance and donations from the Danish public. endobj Best was also a member of the Schutzstaffel (SS) – the Nazi party’s paramilitary wing in charge of Germany’s racial policies. Sabotage was to be punished by death. German demands kept escalating until the Danes were no longer willing to compromise, to engage in the “policy of negotiation,” to rely only on passive resistance and the “cold shoulder” technique. <>>> 97-100. x��ZYo��~����K8��e�&bؕl�v|� 1�@�ܙ���,�#9��yH�W}�s�R�\dw�_}UM��g��7o~�����ߊw�W����ٛ縷�����������" After the April 1940 invasion and occupation, Koch decided to give a series of lectures, open to the general public. They were like all the other citizens of Denmark and would be treated no differently. The body of WWII airman that was found dangling from a tree but which turned out to be a moss covered vine, ‘Mad’ Jack Churchill – The Only Man to Dispatch a German Soldier With a Longbow in WW2, The WW2-Era German Weather Station In Canada, Discovered 38 Years After It Was Built, Three Suicidal Military Maneuvers That Were Actually Successful, Looking Back On The Hunt For The 140 Buried Spitfires, The 5 Most Cringe-Worthy Military Mistakes of All Time, WW2 Germany’s Abandoned “Highway” For Stolen Gold, Lawmakers Make Way for Army Hero to Receive Medal of Honor, When The Egyptian Mamluks Crushed The Formerly Unstoppable Mongol Army. The story of the Danish Jews is sui generis, and the behavior of the Danish people unique among all the countries of Europe – occupied, allied with the Axis, or neutral. Grundtvig was a man of deep biblical faith with a high level of tolerance and respect for other cultures and religious traditions of the world. In 1864, after being defeated by the Prussians, Denmark was swept by a profound malaise. The days that followed marked one of the most remarkable stories of resistance in World War Two. In 1939, he was asked to return to government. That means they would not take sides in the conflict. Traditionally, Jews spend time at home with family and friends. He helped people to find, embedded in their biblical roots, universally accepted ideas. The page you are looking for has apparently been moved. Nazi Germany wanted to encourage the cooperation of Denmark and knew that singling out the Danish Jews and persecuting them would result in wide opposition. Hal Koch (1904-1963), a theologian and professor of church history at the University of Copenhagen, recognized that fascism and Nazism were dangers to democracy. Still, democratic Denmark had been defeated and occupied by a foreign country. What are the boundaries of obligation? We must take action immediately.”. For any questions/clarifications/problems, please contact: webmaster@yadvashem.org.il, Such a Beautiful Sunny Day… Jews Seeking Refuge in the Polish Countryside, 1942-1945, Copyright © 2020 Yad Vashem. Fortunately for most Danes, they were deemed “Aryan” – which made them human in German eyes. Jews had lived in Denmark since the 17th century. As he spoke Danish fluently and understood the country, he was assigned to the German embassy in Copenhagen as a maritime attaché. While efforts by the Danish Resistance Movement did not completely eradicate the presence of German troops, it did allow the Danish people to protect their culture and come out of the war fairly unscathed. When the crisis – the impending round-up of the Jews – came in September-October 1943, the Church was ready. Events changed on June 22, 1941, when Germany invaded the Soviet Union. b?�Dd~����g�Xҿ���=��C�}8?�N�Ok����������"��P6K����ͻ�H�P�|$��"?NE�E~�׾.�׬���]�_�z]o��~q�ze��֢��ݺYҫ��������>���h����g�g�����T��i��&���$���2��z�Wo�Z=�Y��ӿ����2��~��� }�ǔh�|p$�/�ę�69�mtD[��Y&�(�P/��l�S;��E�:q��x�I1����~.��Q�������Y�Sz�E����˼�i�{��EY=�V�����rK���������0����G���x�"28�J$��5����*�����rr���*فFW���(oV*��e�-�����|���< �W�u�4�EF~����Y�����W�y,w�d�����*�k#?�'�=�1�� �}R�~�W|K�&����xY����MC��T ��N����7{ What is the connection between the actions of individuals and the common good? Denmark was a country where the Holocaust failed. In theory, Denmark was not officially at war with Nazi Germany (though clearly Denmark had been illegally occupied by the Germans in 1940) as the government had not declared war on Germany. ˪�\��^�� �6�hLK�^,��,K&��)b�pL��K���5�R�k�^�]�^'��$�bT�c�j k�-���~�Ԇ�� )7\>��[�>h�=�\M�!�]�����j��W���+�e�y�PA͇#HX�]]0���E�.��~ʺ�����A�68�4rk�3,����J4��L�|#`�|c�ȸ]�Щg#�������¶#-�NA?�=�y��pf =�&��Z��.C���N;NXr�Jn��mLꏚ���hgނ�O�H#Y���� �TI�����@^������$� The Danish Lutheran Church helped to rally the people and provided immeasurable amounts of assistance – from hiding people and Torah scrolls to gathering money, food, and other resources.

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