Rebroadcast of Safe Haven: The Rescue of Danish Jews in Oct. 1943 with Dr. Therkel Straede

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Originally shown via Zoom on April 18th, 2023
Join us as renowned Danish Scholar Dr. Therkel Straede presents a live, virtual program to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of remarkable evacuation of Danish Jews to Sweden in October 1943. Dr. Straede provides unique insight into the clandestine sealift operation. He will present examples of the drama of the time and discuss reasons why events in Denmark took a distinctly different road than everywhere else in German-dominated Europe.
About the Presenter: Dr. Straede will join us from University of Southern Denmark, where he is a Professor of Contemporary History. Focusing most of his work and studies on the Holocaust, he is the founding member of the Danish National Committee for the Counseling of Victims of Nazi German Persecution, Forced Labor and Genocide; a Fulbright visiting researcher at Georgetown University at the Center for German and European Studies, an associate scholar of the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum; Dr. Straede has created a series of articles for US Holocaust Memorial Museum's Encyclopedia of Nazi Camp.
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