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Demo to documentary about Knud Dyby, former policeman, actively participated in the Danish resistance to the German occupation of Denmark. A strong sense of decency and compassion caused him to risk his life to aid Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust that engulfed Europe from 1939-1945. Using his connections with fishing boat skippers, he arranged for the secretive transport of Jews to safety in Sweden and showed great courage in assisting Jewish families. He conveyed to Swedish safety over thirty Allied airmen downed behind enemy lines, and saboteurs, Baltic refugees and others fleeing the Nazis were smuggled...

Director : Leonid Berdichevsky

Production Year : 2009

Duration : 7

Language : English

Flammen & Citronnen

The movie is based on actual events and eye-witness accounts of two of the most active resistance fighters in the Holger Danske resistance group during World War II, Bent Faurschou-Hviid (known as Flame) and Jørgen Haagen Schmith (known as Citron), who both died during the war.

Director : Ole Christian Madsen

Production Year : 2008

Duration : 130

Language : Danish, German

Drengene Fra Sankt Petri

Director : Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

Production Year : 1991

Language : Danish