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DENMARK
In October 1943, Denmark's citizens united to save nearly
8,000 Jews from certain death at the hands of Germany. The country's
citizens, in a remarkable feat of determination and courage, hid
its Jewish population in homes, hospitals, and churches. In the
ensuing days, almost all of the country's Jewish population was
brought to the coast and smuggled in small boats to safety in neutral
Sweden.
FINLAND
Finland, though a cobelligerent of Germany during the war
and dependent upon that country for food and arms, adamantly refused
Nazi orders to deliver the Finnish Jewish community of approximately
2,000 for "Hitler's final solution." Likewise, its police
did not cooperate with the Gestapo when action was sought by force.
Virtually all of the country's Jews were saved.
NORWAY
Norway's resistance movement defied the German occupation
and the Quisling government by saving 1,000 people, over one-half
of the country's Jewish population. Resistance fighters cooperated
with thousands of ordinary Norwegians in these rescues.
SWEDEN
Risking Nazi retaliation, neutral Sweden provided sanctuary
for Jews escaping from Denmark, Norway, and other European countries.
And, in 1944, it was the Swedish government that sent Raoul Wallenberg
to Budapest to save countless Hungarian Jews.
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