EPISODE · Oct 8, 2013 · 9 MIN
Danish Jews Escape the Holocaust
from Witness History: World War Two history · host BBC World Service
In October 1943, at the height of the Second World War, most of the Jews in Denmark evaded Nazi plans to send them to death camps. They were warned about a planned roundup by a German diplomat. Hear the story of Bent Melchior who was 14 years old when his family made the journey to safety in neutral Sweden.(Photo: Bent, aged 15 and living in Sweden)
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