Efter festen - snublesten i Danmark

Abstract

The rescue of most Danish Jews from German persecution by action of the Danish people was commemorated in 2018 at the 75th anniversary of the rescue of the Danish Jews in a high-profiled celebration. The following year, stumble stones were introduced in Denmark. German artist Gunter Demnig had in 1992 created the idea of placing stones with information about Jews who disappeared in the Holocaust outside the last residence of the victims. Tens of thousands of stumble stones have been laid down all around Europe. The essay is a guided tour through central Copenhagen with stops at the stumble stones. At each stumble stone, the life and demise of the victim is told. Danish historians have written at length about German Jewish refugees in Denmark 1933-1940. The focus of the essay is on the fate of Jewish refugees who were mistreated by authorities, imprisoned and deported back to Germany where they later perished during the Holocaust.