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A documentary. On the night between the 1st and the 2nd of October 1943 the German occupying power went into action against the Jewish population in Denmark. Shortly before, information had leaked from the German Head Quarter. Escape routes were organized, and the Jews - now refuges in their own country - flocked north to Gilelleje, the key port of disembarkation. During the weeks that followed, the Danish resistance movement - widely supported by the rest of the population - managed to get 95% of the Danish Jews safely across to neutral Sweden. About 500 Denish Jews were captured by the Gestapo and sent to...

results.listIds.director : Bente Milton

results.listIds.year : 1993

results.listIds.duration : 57

results.listIds.lang : Danish, Hebrew, Norwegian

A Day in October

During the month of October 1943, the Danish resistance movement and just plain ordinary citizens joined in staging a mass exodus by fishing boats to neutral Sweden of their Jewish countrymen, practically on the eve of the Nazi's planned round-up and delivery to concentration camps of all Jews. Story is told from the point of view of one Jewish family. English dialogue and U.S. actors top-cast

results.listIds.director : Kenneth Madsen

results.listIds.year : 1991

results.listIds.duration : 99

results.listIds.lang : Danish, English

"אורלי וגיא"-"נס ההצלה" הסיפור האמיתי

כתבת טלוויזיה בתוכנית "אורלי וגיא" מתאריך 1/1/2019 על "נס ההצלה" של יהודי דנמרק. כך סייע בכיר במשטר הנאצי להצלת יהודי דנמרק במלחמת העולם השנייה. תשעים אחוזים משמונת אלפים יהודיה של דנמרק הוברחו אז אל חופי שוודיה הסמוכה. שנים סברו ההסטוריונים שדיפלומט דני, חסיד אומות העולם , היה האיש שהזהיר את הקהילה היהודית מפני האקציה שהיתה אמורה לשלוח אותם אל מותם.

results.listIds.year : 2019

results.listIds.duration : 4

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

The Escape to Sweden הבריחה לשבדיה, 1943

A Sudent film. The wartime experiences of the producer’s grandfather, Leopold Edelsten, born 1934 in Denmark. Edelsten narrates how he survived the German occupation and revisits the places he stayed in or passed through during his escape from Denmark to Sweden. Edelsten and his family first hid at the practice of his uncle’s colleague.They successfully reached Sweden. The student film was selected as the winning movie in a competition between movies depicting the rescue and escape of Danish Jewry to Sweden.

results.listIds.director : Adam Aron Edelsten

results.listIds.year : 2013

results.listIds.duration : 9

results.listIds.lang : Danish

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