On Thursday, November 17 at 5:00 p.m. in the Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium, Professor Therkel Straede, Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Southern Denmark, will deliver a talk titled “The October 1943 Rescue of Jews from Denmark: Networks and Motives of the Rescuers.”
Over the course of three weeks, thousands of Jews were safely evacuated from Denmark to Sweden. This unique rescue operation involved Danes from all walks of life. Professor Therkel Stræde will explain the audacious effort and what inspired those involved to take part.
This lecture, sponsored by the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center and part of the 2022-23 symposium on “Recovery, Rediscovery, and Resilience,” is free and open to the public and the university community.
(Image: Jewish boy from Denmark who has just arrived to the Swedish refugee camp Ramlösabrunn. Still frame from a Swedish newsreel, Oct. 1943.)