Danish resistance movement

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The Danish resistance movement was a World War II underground organization in Nazi-occupied Denmark that engaged in sabotage, intelligence gathering, and the rescue of Jews, contributing significantly to the broader European resistance against Germany.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II resistance movement
resistance movement
activity armed resistance
civil disobedience
illegal press
intelligence gathering
rescue of Jews
sabotage
collaboratedWith Allied intelligence services
British Special Operations Executive
component communist resistance groups
conservative resistance groups
liberal resistance groups
social democratic resistance groups
conflict World War II
country Denmark
endTime 1945
enemy Danish collaborators
Gestapo
estimatedSize several tens of thousands of participants
formedAfter German invasion of Denmark
Operation Weserübung
ideology Danish nationalism
anti-fascism
legacy important part of Danish national memory
subject of numerous books and films
location Nazi-occupied Denmark
notableMember Børge Outze
Flemming Juncker
Jens Toldstrup
Jørgen Haagen Schmith
Mogens Fog
Poul Henningsen
notableOperation rescue of Danish Jews in 1943
opposedTo German occupation of Denmark
Nazi Germany
organizedAs underground organization
partOf European resistance movement
result contributed to liberation of Denmark
helped preserve Danish democratic institutions
saved majority of Danish Jews from deportation
significantEvent August 1943 uprising in Denmark
general strike of 1944 in Denmark
startTime 1940
usedMethod clandestine radio communication
distribution of underground newspapers
industrial sabotage
railway sabotage


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