Sprache:
Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr:
2006
Titel der Quelle:
Jewish Political Studies Review
Angaben zur Quelle:
18,3-4 (2006) 3-29
Schlagwort(e):
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
Kurzfassung:
Stresses that it was 50 years after World War II when the topic was raised, in the face of great opposition, of Denmark's refusal, from 1935 on, to admit Jewish refugees and its 1940-43 expulsion (mostly to their deaths) of 21 Jewish refugees. This complicates the totally positive image that Denmark has had of being a rescuer-nation of Jews. This problematic issue, as well as the fact that Danish industries used Jewish slave labor and helped feed the German army, call into question the consensual praise for the country's policy of "cooperation" with Nazi Germany as having been the best one possible. Notes, also, that Danish Red Cross delegation members were fooled in Theresienstadt and that, toward the end of the war, the Danes were reluctant to help bus Jewish survivors to safety while they were willing to help others. Suggests a continuity in antisemitic attitudes from the 1930s through the war and afterwards. Discusses the Danish prime minister's apology in 2005 for the Danish expulsion of Jewish refugees to Germany between 1940-43.
Anmerkung:
Appeared also in "Behind the Humanitarian Mask" (2008) 179-203.
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