>In 1943, Nazi officials encountered “a local population unanimous in
its resolve” to preserve Danish Jews from round-up and extermination. Virtually the
entire Jewish population, several thousand strong, was successfully transferred by the
operators of small boats to safety in neutral Sweden. According to Raul Hilberg, “help
came from every quarter. The Danish police shielded the operators by warning them
of danger, individuals helped to sell Jewish belongings, taxi drivers transported the
Jews to the ports, house and apartment owners offered the victims shelter, Pastor
Krohn [an advocate for the Jews] handed out blank baptismal certificates, druggists
supplied free stimulants to keep people awake, and so on.” It was, writes Hilberg, “one
of the most remarkable rescue operations in history.”
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>In 1943, Nazi officials encountered “a local population unanimous in
its resolve” to preserve Danish Jews from round-up and extermination. Virtually the
entire Jewish population, several thousand strong, was successfully transferred by the
operators of small boats to safety in neutral Sweden. According to Raul Hilberg, “help
came from every quarter. The Danish police shielded the operators by warning them
of danger, individuals helped to sell Jewish belongings, taxi drivers transported the
Jews to the ports, house and apartment owners offered the victims shelter, Pastor
Krohn [an advocate for the Jews] handed out blank baptismal certificates, druggists
supplied free stimulants to keep people awake, and so on.” It was, writes Hilberg, “one
of the most remarkable rescue operations in history.”