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Holocaust Children, Denmark

Overview

Thanks to the support of the monarchy and the Danish government and local population, virtually all Danish-Jewish children survived the Holocaust.

Rescued to Sweden

Early in October 1943 the Germans planned the extermination of Danish Jews. Following the combined efforts of the Danish authorities, the Danish underground, and the Jewish community, most of the Jews of Denmark (over 7,000) were smuggled to neutral Sweden on fishing boats.

Deported to Theresienstadt

Those who did not make it (476 people, including around 50 children) were deported to Theresienstadt. On October 5, 1943 the first transport arrived with 83 deported Danish Jews, on October 6 the second transport arrived with 198 people, and on October 14 arrived 175 people. They were 464 in total (including 8 Jews who arrived in the ghetto individually. Among them was the rabbi Dr. Max Friediger, the former chief rabbi of Denmark, who was added to the Elders Council in the ghetto as the representative of Danish Jews until the liberation.

Initially the Danish Jews were confined to isolated cabins which became vacant after the children from Bialystok were sent from the ghetto. Later, they were housed in better accommodations inside the ghetto. Children were not separated from their families. Danish Jews were allowed to send and receive letters, received a regular shipment of food and medicines from private Danish organizations, under the auspices of the Welfare Ministry and the Social Security office in Denmark, and from June 1944 through the Danish Red Cross. Most importantly, they were immune from transport.

It was the presence of Danish Jews that prompted the visit of the Red Cross on June 23, 1944.

The Danish government was also able to have them repatriated on April 15, 1945, a few weeks before the liberation of the camp. 425 Danish Jews (50 of whom died in the camp) boarded the buses of the Swedish Red Cross, "the white buses". Among them were three children born in the ghetto, four women (Czech Jews) who married Danes and Danish born Jew who joined their group in the ghetto. All the prisoners came to say goodbye. Two days later they arrived at the Danish border town of Padborg and from there they were transported by ferry to Malmo, Sweden.

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 == Overview ==
-Thanks to the support of the monarchy and the Danish government and local population, virtually all Danish-Jewish children survived the Holocaust. In a massive rescue operation by the Danish Resistance, in October 1943 the Danish Jewish population was transported by fishing boats to neutral Sweden. Those who did not make it (around 500, including 50 children) were deported to [[Theresienstadt]], but the Danish government was able to support them through the Red Cross and have them repatriated on April 15, 1945,a few weeks before the liberation of the camp.
+Thanks to the support of the monarchy and the Danish government and local population, virtually all Danish-Jewish children survived the Holocaust.
+==== Rescued to Sweden ====
+Early in October 1943 the Germans planned the extermination of Danish Jews. Following the combined efforts of the Danish authorities, the Danish underground, and the Jewish community, most of the Jews of Denmark (over 7,000) were smuggled to neutral Sweden on fishing boats.
+==== Deported to Theresienstadt ====
+Those who did not make it (476 people, including around 50 children) were deported to [[Theresienstadt]]. On October 5, 1943 the first transport arrived with 83 deported Danish Jews, on October 6 the second transport arrived with 198 people, and on October 14 arrived 175 people. They were 464 in total (including 8 Jews who arrived in the ghetto individually. Among them was the rabbi Dr. Max Friediger, the former chief rabbi of Denmark, who was added to the Elders Council in the ghetto as the representative of Danish Jews until the liberation.
+Initially the Danish Jews were confined to isolated cabins which became vacant after the children from Bialystok were sent from the ghetto. Later, they were housed in better accommodations inside the ghetto. Children were not separated from their families. Danish Jews were allowed to send and receive letters, received a regular shipment of food and medicines from private Danish organizations, under the auspices of the Welfare Ministry and the Social Security office in Denmark, and from June 1944 through the Danish Red Cross. Most importantly, they were immune from transport.
+It was the presence of Danish Jews that prompted the visit of the Red Cross on June 23, 1944.
+The Danish government was also able to have them repatriated on April 15, 1945, a few weeks before the liberation of the camp. 425 Danish Jews (50 of whom died in the camp) boarded the buses of the Swedish Red Cross, "the white buses". Among them were three children born in the ghetto, four women (Czech Jews) who married Danes and Danish born Jew who joined their group in the ghetto. All the prisoners came to say goodbye. Two days later they arrived at the Danish border town of Padborg and from there they were transported by ferry to Malmo, Sweden.