Title

Danish King Reported Prisoner In Own Castle

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.216

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Date

8-29-1943

Files

Description

Front: A black and white photograph of a man in uniform with other soldiers behind him.Back: A pasted sheet of information from International News Photos.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Wire photo verso, International News , of King Christian of Denmark...arrested and interned in his own castle...This followed a wave of strikes and general sabotage throughout the country...Reports that part of Danish Navy scuttled...other Danish warships...flee to Sweden." In just one month from this date, the Danish people would work to move its Jewish citizens out of the country to Sweden, and away from the inevitable deportations to German death camps.

Dimensions

8 1/2 x 6 5/8" (with border)

Keywords

Sweden, Denmark, International News Photo, King Christian X

Subcollection

Rescue

Recommended Citation

"Danish King Reported Prisoner In Own Castle" (1943). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.216.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/479