October 43 - The Rescue of the Danish Jews

Documentary

58 min.

In this documentary film some of the few remaining survivors, who personally experienced the escape from Denmark in October 1943, tell their story. Danes whose lives would be changed forever.

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Six million European Jews lost their lives during the Second World War. The Holocaust became the fate of two out of three Jews in Europe. After the Nazis assumed power in Germany, their propaganda of hate developed step by step, culminating in the worst genocide of the 20th Century. Throughout German-occupied Europe, Jews were systematically deported to Nazi concentration camps. But Denmark remained an exception … until October 1943. What happened during those dark and dramatic days? How did it feel to have to flee from your home and country, not knowing what the future held? In this documentary film some of the few remaining survivors, who personally experienced the escape from Denmark in October 1943, tell their story. Danes whose lives would be changed forever.

  • Director

    Jonatan Jerichow & Carl Otto Dethlefsen

  • Produced by

    STV Production for DR

  • Original title

    Jødernes flugt - vidnernes historie

  • Format

    58 mins.

  • Release

    2013