Danish Jews reflect on rescue from Nazi oppression during 75th anniversary

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Danish Jews reflect on rescue from Nazi oppression during 75th anniversary
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin was among those on hand at the Great Synagogue of Copenhagen, to mark the day in 1943 when the Jews were ferried in boats by fishermen and resistance activists
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
October 12, 2018 20:30


People celebrate the liberation of Denmark, in Copenhagen on May 5, 1945. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (JTA) — Danish Jews celebrated their community’s rescue 75 years ago in a ceremony Thursday at the country’s main synagogue, the packed sanctuary filled with dozens of survivors and luminaries.

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin was among those on hand at the Great Synagogue of Copenhagen, joining Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Danish Prime Minister Laros Lokke Rasmussen, to mark the day in 1943 when the Jews were ferried in boats by fishermen and resistance activists from Nazi-occupied Denmark to safety in neutral Sweden.

“The rescue of the Jews of Denmark is a remarkable event in the history of the Holocaust,” Rivlin said ahead of the synagogue event at a church in Gilleleje, where locals hid 86 Jews in an attic before the Nazis discovered them.

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