From rescue to escape in 1943: on a path to de-victimizing the Danish Jews

Discusses the conditions around the rescue of the Danish Jews and their escape to Sweden in 1943. She explores the realities behind the hegemonic narrative of the Jewish helpless victims and their altruistic Danish rescuers, through focusing on the connections between the assessment of risk and question of money. She presents a more realistic picture of the rescue operation, in the process challenging the perception of Danish Jews as passive victims and the enduring national myth of the rescue.