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If Holocaust-era Denmark could save its Jews, we can too.

JL;DR SUMMARY Mary F. Holley reflects on the heroism of the Danish during the Holocaust, who collectively resisted Nazi attempts to deport the Jewish population, saving nearly all of Denmark's Jews. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustJewish CommunityJewish IdentitySupportNazi GermanyViolenceDenmarkSolidarityResistance

Places mentioned

Denmark
"During the Holocaust, Denmark was a latecomer to the carnage."
Sweden
"Fishermen were paid to smuggle the Jews across the resund strait to Sweden."
Germany
"I comforted myself thinking that if I were in Nazi Germany in 1940, I would have been in the Resistance."
United States
"If Iran gets its nuclear bomb, we might only have one month."
Czechia
"The 470 Danish Jews captured by the Nazis were sent to Theresienstadt concentration camp."

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