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Title: Rescue of the Danish Jews


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Rescue of the Danish Jews
  • By Veronica C.
  • Chris A.
  • Liliana E.

2
People Involved in the Rescue
  • The people throughout Denmark helped their fellow
    Jewish citizens escape from being captured by the
    Nazis.

3
What they did and risked for it.
  • What the Danes did was to try to get the Jewish
    people out of Denmark and to Sweden.
  • By doing this they risked getting caught by the
    Nazis and being sent to concentration camps or
    killed.

4
Where did this all occur?
  • All the risk taking mostly took place along the
    coast of Denmark and throughout it as well.

5
Why did they take action?
  • One morning on September 29, 1943, Rabbi Melchior
    warned the community that the Germans had
    planned to fill two cargo ships with Jews and
    take them to the camps. In hearing this the
    rabbi told all the Jews to leave their homes and
    hide.

6
How it all got accomplished.
  • The Danish resistance made arrangements to
    transport the Jews from the many hiding places
    they had and they would take them to the coast of
    Denmark.
  • From there they would be transported to Sweden by
    hiding in the hull of fishing boats.

7
What was the outcome?
  • After a year and a half most of the Jews were
    freed. About 500 were captured and about 50
    died.
  • King Christian X didnt forget about the 500 Jews
    who were captured. He took into consideration
    the well being of his people and asked that they
    be treated respectfully as human beings.

8
Images of what took place.
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  • The End!!!
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