Lettere ebraiche, documenti di riconoscimento e di gratitudine per un aiuto eroico durante il WW2 nel sottotetto della chiesa Gilleleje, Danimarca. ii guerra mondiale durante la seconda guerra mondiale
4755 x 2949 px | 40,3 x 25 cm | 15,9 x 9,8 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
9 luglio 2014
Ubicazione:
Gilleleje Church, North Zealand, Denmark
Altre informazioni:
The letter / document of gratitude in Danish and Hebrew translated from Danish to English: "Forty years ago the citizens of Gilleleje risked their own lives and helped Danish Jews to escape the evil Nazi claws by conveying them to safety in Höganäs in Sweden. With great courage and noble deed they have written a shining chapter in the history of Gilleleje and the Danish people – a model to any country. May this document express our heartfelt thanks and eternal gratitude to these rescuers whose act for ever will be inscribed in the history of the Jewish people. Jerusalem, October, 1983 Gideon Hausner" --------------------------------------- To read the English text on the plaque above the letter, please se the description for image E4ETA0 of similar documents. -------------- From the beginning of October 1943, during the WW2 in German occupied Denmark Jews were hidden in church attics and private homes along the northern coast of Zealand and ferried over the belt of water, The Sound / Øresund to Sweden by the Danish resistance and local fishermen. On October 2nd the Gestapo visited the Jewish households for the arrest and deportation to the German concentration camp Theresienstadt. However, the majority of Jews had been warned and more than 7, 000 managed to escape to Sweden. This took place especially from Snekkersten to Gilleleje. Numerous accounts of this can be found on the Internet or in published books. Gilleleje Church was one of the churches used for this purpose, and about 1, 300 were transported safely to Sweden. However, the Gestapo were tipped off by an informant and a raid in Gilleleje on the night of October 6th resulted in the largest single number of Jewish arrests during the occupation of Denmark - more than 80 people were waiting in the Gilleleje Church attic and the parish hall to be transported to Sweden, and only one young man got away by hiding behind a collar beam in the bell tower. After this the hiding took place in summer houses, etc.
