Language:
Danish
Year of publication:
1998
Titel der Quelle:
Rambam; tidsskrift for jødisk kultur og forskning
Angaben zur Quelle:
7 (1998) 41-56
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Jewish refugees
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
The title is a quote from a statement made by a Danish policeman to the Austrian Jewish journalist Robert Breuer (1909-1996) upon his arrival in Copenhagen in 1938. Like many Austrian Jews who sought refuge in Denmark after the Anschluss, Breuer was not permitted to stay in Denmark. The Danish Justice Department had decided to close the border and make admission of Jews impossible. Breuer managed to get to England, and in 1940 emigrated to the U.S. He wrote a book about his experiences, "Nacht über Wien" (1988). Presents here a Danish translation of his account of his stay in Denmark, and an analysis of documents found in the Danish National Archives pertaining to Breuer and other Austrian refugees. Discusses the restrictive Danish policy towards Jewish refugees in the late 1930s, and concludes that Danish officials were largely pro-German and in some cases clearly antisemitic.
Note:
With an English summary.
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