Danish resistance didn’t arrive all at once during World War II. But taken as a whole, the Danes’ actions are a testament to what’s possible when we work together to fight fascism. As a child, I was ...

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About 20 years before she began teaching German and Danish in local high schools, Doris Sorensen was a student at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, where she also was active in the Danish ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Henny Sundig is a pivotal figure in the history of WWII Danish resistance. In 1943, aged just 19, she risked it all to make a daring journey in ...

On Start Making Sense: Sarah Sophie Flicker finds lessons for us in the Danes’ refusal to cooperate with Hitler, and historian David Myers on Trump’s $1 billion fine against UCLA. Jon Wiener Here's ...

On April 9, 1940, Germany invaded neutral Denmark (Operation WESERÜBUNG). The country was overrun within a matter of hours. Denmark’s highly productive agriculture was drafted to feed the Reich, and ...

The 1940-1945 Nazi occupation of Denmark during World War II is the setting for The Hvidsten Group, a new film depicting patriotic resistance in the Danish province, which Danish actor-writer-director ...