15 articles in this issue
Ulf Haxen
Preface
Jørgen Kieler
Who saved the Danish Jews?On 9 April 1940, Denmark was occupied by Germany without significant Danish resistance. It was the start of a so-called ”peaceful occupation”, during which the Danish government wrapped itself in a naïve illusion of neutrality ba... see more
Lizzi Norden
October 1943. A bit about the flight to Sweden.Told by Herman Kagan in January 1997. Retold and supplemented by his daughter Lizzi Norden.
Ya'akov Sarig
'Lechaim' and 'Skål' by the Coffin. Jewish and Scandinavian Feasts in Connection with Death and BurialThis article underlines some significant characteristics of Jewish and Scandinavian customs and beliefs regarding death and burial, and, at the same time... see more
Linda Herzberg
Dear grandmother
Anne Boukris
Tales of Conversion and Modern IdentitiesThe accounts of conversion to Judaism shed light on the lifestyle-based symbolic religiousness, the many aspects of Jewish identities, as well as the numerous factors influencing the process of conversion itself.Wi... see more
Anders Otte Stensager
Counterfeiter for HitlerSven Hoffgaard, a Danish Jew from Copenhagen, was captured by the Gestapo with his wife and two daughters on their way to neutral Sweden in late 1943. His wife Karen and his daughters Kate and Lillian were immediately deported to T... see more
Jørgen Steen Jensen
On friendship societies and the collaboration between museums, societies and associations
Silvia Goldbaum Tarabini Fracapane
Commentary to Anders Otte Stensager's article Counterfeiter for Hitler
Vibeke Boolsen
On living in the age of miracles
Myths and misconceptions about the deportations to Theresienstadt
Karin Weinholt
En samlet anmeldelse af:Martin Schwarz Lausten: Frie jøder? Forholdet mellem kristne og jøder i Danmark fra Frihedsbrevet 1814 til Grundloven 1849, Forlaget Anis 2005Martin Schwarz Lausten: Folkekirken og jøderne. Forholdet mellem kristne o... see more
Jan Schwarz
Anmeldelse af: Samuel D. Kassow: Who Will Write Our History? Emanuel Ringelblum, the Warsaw Ghetto, and the Oyneg Shabes Archive. Indiana University Press 2007
Anmeldelse af:Morten Thing: De russiske jøder i København 1882-1943. Gyldendal, 2008
Kaare Bing
Anmeldelse af:Anders Otte Stensager: Nazilægen Josef Mengele. Liv og forbrydelse