King Christian X of Denmark will be turning in his grave
This, from the Copenhagen Post:
Current best guess is that there are 7000 Jews in Denmark, or 0.12% of the population.
It turns out that the King and the yellow star story is an urban myth, but the record of the Danes in WW2 vis a vis its Jewish population was a good one.
"More than 1500 immigrants from Turkish, Pakistani, Somali, Palestinian and Eastern European backgrounds have been interviewed, along with 300 ethnic Danes, for a study on attitudes towards Jews, reports Kristeligt Dagblad newspaper....A third of respondents from non-Danish ethnic backgrounds said one ‘couldn’t be too careful enough in relation to Jews in Denmark’. In comparison, 18.2 percent of Danish respondents felt the same. Three quarters of the former category said they wouldn’t like to see a family member marry a Danish Jew and 31.9 percent felt there were too many Jews in Denmark. Of the Danish respondents, 14.7 percent said they didn’t want a Jew to marry into their family".
Current best guess is that there are 7000 Jews in Denmark, or 0.12% of the population.
It turns out that the King and the yellow star story is an urban myth, but the record of the Danes in WW2 vis a vis its Jewish population was a good one.
Labels: Denmark, racial minefields
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