This attitude prepared the Jewish community and later it protected it by any means, hiding it from the invader we also have to consider the fact that deportations in Denmark appeared particularly aggressive, since they were carried out in a swift and clearly unlawful way.įrom one day to the next, friends and acquaintances became refugees to be saved and helped on their road to safety to neighbouring Sweden, which thanks to its economic and strategic cooperation with Nazi Germany was considered to be relatively ‘safe’. However, when the possibility of a systematic a sweep of Jews became a frightful certainty day after day, the Danish rebelled against it.ĭisobedience does not develop facing the enemy in a direct clash that surely Denmark could not allow, nor through armed groups of partisans, but through a silent and strategic revolt, still protective and unanimous, which occurs by word of mouth. Danish prime minister Buhl hideously requested to denounce saboteurs to the Nazi authorities. Popular forms of resistance with sabotages and isolated attacks, though not much substantial, due to the circumstances, were strongly discouraged by local authorities for fear of massive retaliations. The country was worried, oppressed and sometimes inclined to please the enemy. Additional info Author Bo Lidegaard Title Countrymen Translator - Publisher Knopf Info pp.
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