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May 6, 2005 · The Danish Solution: The Rescue of the Jews in Denmark: Directed by Karen Cantor, Camilla Kjærulff. With Garrison Keillor. Filmmakers Karen Cantor and Camilla Kjaerilff team to reveal how the Jews of Denmark managed to escape falling victim to Hitler's Third Reich.
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- Documentary
- Karen Cantor, Camilla Kjærulff
- 2005-05-06
As a result of the rescue, and of the following Danish intercession on behalf of the 464 Danish Jews who were captured and deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, over 99% of Denmark's Jewish population survived the Holocaust.
Jan 7, 2019 · Denmark was about to pull off a spectacular feat—the rescue of the vast majority of its Jewish population. Within hours of learning that the Nazis intended to wipe out Denmark’s Jews,...
During World War II, Danish citizens unite to protect their Jewish neighbors when Hitler threatens to bring his Final Solution to Denmark.
- Documentary
On September 28, 1943, Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, a German diplomat, secretly informed the Danish resistance that the Nazis were planning to deport the Danish Jews. The Danes responded quickly, organizing a nationwide effort to smuggle the Jews by sea to neutral Sweden.
The Danish Solution is about how the Jews in Denmark, helped by a massive citizen-driven action, escaped the Holocaust. This documentary presents an in-depth look at this exceptional episode in twentieth century Europe and perhaps all world history.
It was the evening of 1 October 1943, when German Police and members of the Danish SS descended on Copenhagen with orders to round up and deport Denmark’s Jewish population. It was the night of the Jewish New Year - Rosh HaShanah - and the German Police were expecting to find Jewish families at home celebrating.
