Sprache:
Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr:
2013
Titel der Quelle:
PRISM; an Interdisciplinary Journal for Holocaust Educators
Angaben zur Quelle:
5 (2013) 30-35
Schlagwort(e):
Jewish Agency for Israel.
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Jewish children in the Holocaust
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Rescue
Kurzfassung:
After the "Kristallnacht" pogrom in Germany in November 1938, representatives of two women's organizations in Denmark - the Danish Women's National Council and the Danish branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - approached the government for permission to bring 1,000 children to Denmark to await emigration to Eretz Israel. After some negotiations, the authorities allowed entry to 25 Jewish children in June 1939; 295 more were brought from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia before the German occupation of Denmark in April 1940. Each of them was accepted on condition that they would leave the country before their 17th birthday. Fearing a possible rise in antisemitism, the "League children" were dispersed and sent to foster families, mainly in rural towns. Only 136 "League children" managed to reach Eretz Israel before the route was closed in June 1941; 184 were left stranded in Denmark. During the rescue operation in October 1943, most of these children were smuggled to Sweden; 43 were seized by police and deported to Theresienstadt, where they survived. After the war some "League children" remained in Denmark or Sweden; the others returned to their native countries or emigrated elsewhere.
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