Resisting the holocaust, 1998 online research library. The danish resistance movement, with the assistance of many danish citizens, managed to evacuate 7,220. Commonlit danish resistance during the holocaust free. We also include a teachers guide on dan pagis most famous poem see below. They were hoping to avoid repeating the horrors of world war i, although this did not prevent the german government from invading the territories and taking away the rights of citizens of these countries.
As part of the comprehensive a teachers guide to teaching the holocaust, this section covers accounts of resistance to nazism, such as the warsaw ghetto uprising in poland. On october 1, 1943, nazi leader adolf hitler ordered danish jews to be arrested and deported. It is a good read and provides better understanding of this part of wwii. Number the stars takes place in copenhagen, denmark during world war ii. Resistance activities in denmark united states holocaust. Visit the resource section to view photographs of resistance groups in the forest, in the ghetto, and even in the death camps. Home browse history military history wars, battles, and military interventions world war ii german resistance to hitler. A huge casket is placed in the middle of the living room. Denmark was the only european country to save almost all of its jewish residents from the holocaust.
Picture books about the holocaust the holocaust is a difficult subject to tackle. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Books like number the stars and lisas war can help give young people the vision of the second frog, but it is important that they be used in the context of history. The other extreme in western europe was the netherlands. The holocausts paradox of good and evil, in photographs. The invasion of denmark and norway was the second one after poland. This edition focuses on the subject of women and resistance during the holocaust. How denmark saved its jews from the nazis abc news. Levine if you traveled on the underground railroad debunks some widely believed legends.
One appropriate place to introduce the resistance into a holocaust curriculum would be with the study of the warsaw ghetto, in particular, the warsaw ghetto uprising. The united states holocaust memorial museum publication, resistance during the holocaust, describes examples. Organized armed resistance, though, was the most direct form of jewish opposition to the nazis. Danish resistance during the holocaust guest publication hans holmskov schluter copenhagen. Did anyone come to assist the jews or other victims of the nazis. Holocaust in denmark offers a wealth of firstperson material, placed within a.
She wrote numerous books for children and young adults during her lifetime including darkness over denmark, i hate english, freedoms children. It was prepared by hitler since 1939 as a necessar. Jewish resistance during the holocaust questia online library. When duckwitz learned in late september of secret orders to prepare four cargo ships for transporting danish jews to poland, he immediately passed on the information to leaders in the danish resistance.
A wellknown rescuer was oskar schindler, one of thousands who have been so recognized since 1953 israels holocaust memorial, yad vashem, has recognized 26,973 persons as righteous among the nations. Principally, they had no access to arms and were surrounded by native antisemitic populations who might collaborate with the nazis or, even if they were opposed to german occupation, may have been willing to condone the elimination of the jews and were reticent to put their own. Ellen nielsen story the holocaust history a peoples. Holocaust of the romani gypsies history the holocaust. The events discussed in this informational text take place in the middle of world war ii, after the scandinavian countries of denmark, sweden and norway declared that they would not take sides in the war.
It is often asked why jews did not make greater attempts at resistance. Dec 20, 2008 danish resistance during the holocaust guest publication hans holmskov schluter copenhagen. A history of the danish resistance in world war ii david lampe, birger riisjorgensen on. In western europe, jewish partisans smuggled endangered people to safety and aided those in hiding. Both the danish king and the danish government decided that their best hope of maintaining denmarks sovereignty lay in cooperating but not. We would like to thank the crown and goodman family and the abe and ida cooper foundation for supporting the ongoing work to create content and resources for the holocaust encyclopedia.
The danish resistance movements were an underground insurgency to resist the german occupation of denmark during world war ii. Why did jews in some countries in particular denmark fare better than in others. The danes gave a famously cold shoulder to the germans when they invaded in 1940, and secretly evacuated 7,000 danish jews to. Denmark and the holocaust mette bastholm jensen, steven l. The enewsletter includes a main article on this theme, as well as an article on women who served as couriers.
D92 l64 1999 find in a library near you external link. Holocaust scholar istvan deak, commenting on the legend that king christian x of denmark wore a yellow star of david during the nazi occupation the incomprehensible holocaust. Now germanya large and powerful countryhad its eyes on denmark. More than 100,000 dutch jews threequarters of the total. Dec 15, 20 the surprising truth about denmark in the holocaust. Young civil rights activists tell their stories, rachel carson. Most prominently they had protected danish jews, maintained the sovereignty of their national government throughout the occupation, and limited the amount of resources that germany was able to draw from denmark. The only country in world war ii to defy hitlers order to deport its jews, denmark shielded the vast majority of its jewish population thanks to a network of danish resisters who used small. There are many great picture books, many of them inspired by real children during that time, that are told poignantly and simply, without diving into the full horrors of the time period. Read the fulltext online edition of resisting the holocaust 1998. The danish resistance and the rescue of the jews by ellen levine.
King christian x stayed in the country in support of his people and their. Jewish danes were in greater danger than elsewhere. In three cases, entire countries citation needed resisted the deportation of their jewish population during the holocaust. Why did denmark jews survive while dutch jews died in the. Incorporating literature into a study of the holocaust. Despite the occupation, the germans did not initiate deportations from denmark. The invasion of denmark and the danish resistance during. The government and king, christian x, had made a formal. At the beginning of world war ii, the scandinavian countries of denmark, sweden and norway declared their neutrality. The danish resistance movement during world war two was in a curious position. Due to the initially lenient arrangements, in which the nazi occupation authority allowed the democratic government to stay in power, the resistance movement was slower to develop effective tactics on a wide scale than in some.
Within hours the danish resistance, population and police arranged a small flotilla to herd 7,000 jews to sweden. The king of denmark did not get along with the german army. At the beginning of wwii, denmark, sweden, and norway declared that they were not taking sides in the conflict. The most forceful form of resistance was the armed resistance groups organized in over 100 ghettos throughout russia and poland. Improve your students reading comprehension with readworks. Number the stars is a classic story about a danish girl, her family, and her jewish friend she helps save. The nazis wanted to move all danish jews to sweden. An exchange, nyr, december 21, 1989, said, it would indeed be worth investigating how this heartwarming legend has come into being, and why it looms so.
During the holocaust, the average population density inside the ghettos across europe was about seven people to a single room, and up to 30 percent of a citys residents crammed into three percent of its area. Bibliography of books about the danish resistance during. Click download or read online button to get women in the resistance and in the holocaust book now. Only six months earlier, in september 1939, germany had attacked poland. A new book of photos has just been published, to mark the 75th anniversary of one of the most daring rescues in world war two. Although their nonviolent methods of resistance had not ended the occupation, through this resistance the danes had achieved several goals. Read the invasion of denmark and the danish resistance during world war ii by niels jensen available from rakuten kobo. Jewish medical resistance in the holocaust berghahn books. Bibliography of books about the danish resistance during world war ii author. In the postwar period, the resistance was supported by politicians within denmark. Research family history relating to the holocaust and explore the museums collections about individual survivors and victims of the holocaust and nazi persecution.
Women and resistance during the holocaust january 2010. Out of the shadows, a danish resistance in its best moments, flame and citron captures the chaos of a mad scramble to survive. In the summer of 1943, with allied military advances, resistance activity in denmark increases in the form of sabotage and strikes. Number the stars, a holocaust novel for children published in 1989, focuses on annemarie, a 10 year old in denmark, whose family pretends her jewish best friend is actually her older sister who had earlier been killed for her work with the danish resistance. Nazisponsored persecution and mass murder fueled resistance to the germans in the third reich itself and throughout occupied europe. Resistance during the holocaust how could so many peoplesix million jews and five million others, a number impossible to imagine from all over europe be murdered in so short a time. Us holocaust memorial museum, courtesy of frihedsmuseet.
Organized armed resistance was the most forceful form of jewish opposition. Encyclopedia of jewish and israeli history, politics and culture, with biographies, statistics, articles and documents on topics from antisemitism to zionism. The danish resistance and the rescue of the jews, written by ellen levine, is a book about a collection of acts of bravery and stories by people residing in denmark during germanys control. List of picture books about the holocaust for elementary. A nation takes action facing history and ourselves. There are, however, many cases of attempts at resistance in one form or another, and over a hundred armed jewish uprisings. A story untold by text books, yet one that reveals the inherent. Scandinavia wwii books on the war in norway, denmark.
In other countries, notable individuals or communities created resistance during the holocaust which helped the jews escape some concentration camps. There are many terrific individual stories in the book many are told firsthand, among them the description of how, during the height of the war, a man in denmark was arrested and convicted of vandalizing a synagogue in copenhagen right under the noses of the nazis. Oct 08, 20 the mass escape of jews from nazioccupied denmark. Jewish resistance during the holocaust by herbert druks paperback from irvington pub 1983 out of print. Due to the initially lenient arrangements, in which the nazi occupation. The voices of eyewitnesses edited and with introduction by vera laska.
I have read a number of books on the danish resistance. King christian x knew that germany would beat denmark terribly if the two countries went to war. The surprising truth about denmark in the holocaust. 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. The holocaust encyclopedia provides an overview of the holocaust using text, photographs, maps, artifacts, and personal histories. Denmark did everything it could to protect jewish citizens. On september 29, 1943, word got out in denmark that jews were to be detained and then sent to the death camps. It features striking portraits of civilians who resisted the nazis.
Explore our editors picks for the best kids books of the month. Due to the organization and overwhelming military might of the nazi german state and its supporters, few jews and other holocaust victims were able to resist the killings. Women in the resistance and in the holocaust download. What mattered was a shared commitment to democracy and law, not a common race or religion. Despite this declaration, germany invaded denmark and despite the still fresh memories and destruction of world war i, denmark immediately resisted the invasion as best as they could. The result was that none of the 50,000 bulgarian jews was killed in the holocaust. Both the danish king and the danish government decided that their best hope of maintaining denmark s sovereignty lay in cooperating but not. But a determined campaign by the danish resistance prompted germany to take over full control of danish affairs and the government. In september 1943, the danes learned of nazi plans to capture the countrys jews and ship them to concentration. Picture books about the holocaust books my kids read. Jewish resistance in the holocaust my jewish learning. The rescue of the danish jews occurred during nazi germanys occupation of denmark during world war ii. Jewish refugees are ferried out of denmark aboard fishing boats bound for sweden. Rescuers of jews during the holocaust are those who, during world war ii, helped jews and others escape the holocaust conducted by nazi germany.
Number the stars 1989 is a work of historical fiction by american author lois lowry, about the. The rescue of the danish jews occurred during nazi germany s occupation of denmark during world war ii. Count folke bernadotte had made an agreement with heinrich himmler to have all surviving danish concentration camp prisoners shipped to sweden for internment. The danes and the germans reached an agreement in which the danish government and army remained in existence. The danish resistance and rescue of the jews during world war ii. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Bibliography of books about the danish resistance during world. The mass escape of jews from nazioccupied denmark bbc news.
The voices of eyewitnesses contributions in womens studies. Resistance to nazi germany, fifth grade reading passage. Lur publications, danish immigrant archive, dana college, 1999. This story tells of the danish resistance and how, after the germans took control of denmark in 1943, many danes hid danish jews and managed to get them passage across the sound to nearby neutral sweden. The holocaust was already in full swing across occupied europe, and without the protection of the danish government, which had done its best to shield jews from the nazis, denmark. We can see this in the fact that danish citizens did not defend several hundred communists who were interned and deported by the danish government for denouncing the danish monarchy and supporting the hitlerstalin pact. Visit the resistance literature page of the arts section for an annotated bibliography of recommended works.
Access thousands of highquality, free k12 articles, and create online assignments with them for your students. Discover librarianselected research resources on german resistance to hitler from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more. She becomes a part of the events related to the rescue of the danish jews, when. The holocaustresistance wikibooks, open books for an open. Jewish resistance against the holocaust by robert z. Jensen institute for international studies, department for holocaust and genocide studies, 2003 holocaust, jewish 19391945 128 pages. The danish people, those of the resistance and others not directly involved in the covert sabotage operations, are brought to light in the big picture of the occupation. Group portrait of danishjewish children living in a swedish childrens home, after their escape from denmark.
Why 90 percent of danish jews survived the holocaust. During this time, germany was led by adolf hitler and the nazi party, which planned and executed the mass killing of over 11 million people, including more than 6 million jews. Were the danes more courageous in opposing nazi plans, or were they. Knud dybys involvement in the rescue of the danish jews and the danish resistance. And when the germans took over denmark, he sympathized with the hardships and challenges of the danish people. Resistance during the holocaust antidefamation league.
Resistance to the nazi occupation of europe denmark. That means they would not take sides in the conflict. List of books and articles about german resistance to hitler. In italy, nazi germanys principal ally, judaism was originally a recognised religion under mussolinis fascist government, and jews found safe refuge in italy and in italianoccupied territory. Resistance to nazi germany germany invaded and occupied many countries during world war ii.
Jews resisted nazi oppression in a variety of ways, both collectively and as individuals. It was written for elementary students but is a great introduction to the holocaust. Online exhibition united states holocaust memorial museum. She died from lung cancer on may 26, 2012 at the age of 73. Danish resistance during the holocaust by hans holmskov schluter 2007 the events discussed in this informational text take place in the middle of world war ii, after the scandinavian countries of denmark, sweden and norway declared that they would not take sides in the war. In the spring of 1940, the people of denmark were very afraid. Few books about the holocaust center on what came after liberation for concentration camp survivors but thats right where what the night sings begins. This history of the holocaust in denmark offers a wealth of firstperson material, placed within a factually accurate, wellcrafted text. The evacuation of jews from naziheld denmark is one of the great untold stories of world war ii. One european country worked as a whole to keep the nazis from removing its jewish people. Now that gerta is finally free from her imprisonment in the bergenbelson concentration camp, she must start the slow process of physical and mental recovery from all that she has lost and.
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