Language:
English
Year of publication:
2005
Titel der Quelle:
Holocaust Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
11,3 (2005) 53-69
Keywords:
Jews History 20th century
;
Jewish refugees
;
Antisemitism History 1933-1939
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Denmark Emigration and immigration
Abstract:
Before 1938 Jews who fled from Nazi Germany were admitted to Denmark like other aliens. The annexation of Austria by Germany and an expected influx of Jewish refugees caused Denmark to limit Jewish immigration. In 1938 the Danish border control began to scrutinize all travelers from Austria and to turn away Jews. In September 1938 the Ministry of Justice submitted a report to the government, entitled "Measures to Limit Non-Aryan Entry". From this time on, border police could turn away even those Jews from the Reich or Eastern Europe who had valid passports and enough money, unless they possessed a visa for a third country. The motivation of the authorities was not so much antisemitism as a reluctance to flood the country with foreigners. Indeed, the government acted to protect Danish Jews against antisemitic attacks and introduced a racism paragraph in the Penal Code. As a result of the immigration policy, until the German occupation in 1940 Denmark received only 1,680 Jewish refugees. This was much less than other small neutral countries bordering on Germany (e.g. the Netherlands, Belgium, and Switzerland).
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