Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden opened the “Escape 43” exhibit focusing on the Danish Jews’ escape from occupied Denmark.
The Crown Princess visited the Kommendanthuset at Landskrona Citadel alongside County Governor Peter Danielsson. They received a tour of the exhibit that has testimonies, objects and archived material from the escape to Sweden.
The royal later spoke to some who fled to Sweden during World War II, as well as relatives of those who found refuge in the country.
After Nazi Germany had taken over Denmark, Hitler’s plans to deport Danish Jews were leaked in 1943. The resistance in Denmark helped to evacuate around 7,500 of the 8,000 Jews in Denmark to neighbouring Sweden via the Öresund Strait. As a result, most Jews living in Denmark survived the Holocaust.
“Escape 43” will be open for three years.
More information on the exhibit can be found here.
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