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Denmark
Day of Remembrance:
27 January
Historical Background:
On the morning of 27 January, 1945, the Soviet Army entered
Auschwitz III, followed by Birkenau and Auschwitz I later that
afternoon. Altogether, they liberated some 7650 prisoners. The Nazis
murdered over one million Jews in the Auschwitz concentration and
extermination camps.
Denmark and the Holocaust:
Lexicon entry from Yad Vashem's online Holocaust Resource Center:
Denmark
Educational Activities on Holocaust
Memorial Day:
Holocaust Memorial Day in Denmark is called the Auschwitz-Day.
Information on activities can be found on:
www.27-1.dk. - the
official website of Danish Auschwitz Day. Details in English from
the Danish Institute for International Studies can be found at
http://www.diis.dk/sw13037.asp.
In the weeks leading up to January 27, nearly one thousand high
school students will take part in workshops at Universities all over
the country.
In Elsinore the commemoration will begin on
January 26th with the opening of the exhibition "Anne Frank and our
time" by the Mayor of Helsingoer, Mr. Per Taersboel and the former
Chief Rabbi of Denmark, Bent Melchior. In Copenhagen and in five
other cities ceremonies will be held on January 27th - and in
Copenhagen the Municipality and the Jewish Community also will
organize Workshops on Sunday, August 28th.
Websites and Teaching Aids:
The Danish-Jewish Museum
www.jewmus.dk
Auschwitz Day
www.27-1.dk
Holocaust Education website on the Danish Center for Holocaust and
Genocide Studies
http://www.holocaust-education.dk/
Danish site on genocide
www.folkedrab.dk
Danish site on genocide for younger students
www.folkedrab.dk/UNG
Erindringens Fremtid - Auschwitz-dag i Denmark (The future of
remembrance – Auschwitz-day in Denmark) Thomas Brudholm & Martin
Mennecke (eds.), 2004
K. C. Lammers “Vejen til Auschwitz” (The way to Auschwitz)
M. Mogensen; O. Rühl and P. Wiben “Aktionen mod de danske jøder”
(The action against the Danish Jews)
Walter Hofer (1957): “Nationalsocialismen” (Nationalsocialsim)
Held/Thomsen (1971): ”Nazismen” (Nazism)
Peter Frederiksen (2001): ”Det Tredje Rige” (The Third Reich)”
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