by Bo Lidegaard
Hanneken, Hermann von, General (1890–1981), head commander of German troops in Denmark (1942–1945), 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 9.1, 10.1, 13.1, 14.1, epi.1
Hannover, Allan (1930–2012), son of Poul and Inger Hannover, prl.1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 8.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, epi.1
Hannover, Inger (1909–1997), prl.1, 1.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 12.1, epi.1
Hannover, Mette (b. 1934), daughter of Poul and Inger Hannover, 1.1, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1, 10.1, 14.1, epi.1
Hannover, Poul (1897–1988), managing director, prl.1, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, epi.1, epi.2
Hansson, Per Albin (1885–1946), Swedish Social Democrat prime minister (1932–1936; 1936–1946)
Hart, Dr., Ruds Vedby, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 10.1, 12.1
Hedtoft, Hans (1903–1955), Social Democrat party leader (1939–1955); labor and social welfare minister (1945), 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Heilesen, Claus Christian, Polytechnic student; refugee rescuer, shot in 1943
Heimburg, Erik von, head commander of German police in Denmark
Hellebæk
Hellerup
Hendriksen, C. Næsh, journalist
Hennig, Paul, Danish Nazi and Gestapo staff, 1.1, 6.1, 14.1
Henningsen, Poul (1894–1967), architect, cultural leader, and commentator, 6.1, 9.1
Henriksen, Halfdan (1881–1961), Conservative Party member; minister of trade, industry, and shipping, 1940–1943, 1.1
Henriques, Arthur (1878–1958), Supreme Court lawyer
Henriques, Carl Bertel (1870–1957), president, Jewish Community Board (1930–1946), 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.1
Hertz, Axel (1873–1968), engineer; treasurer, Jewish Community Board (1943), 1.1, epi.1
Hesnæs, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2
Heydrich, Reinhard (1904–1942), leading German SS officer, 1.1, 8.1
Hillerød
Himmler, Heinrich (1900–1945), leader of the SS and the German police, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 9.1, 11.1, 14.1, 14.2, epi.1
Hitler, Adolf (1889–1945), x, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 11.1, 14.1, 14.2, epi.1
Holger Danske, sabotage organization founded in 1943, 1.1, epi.1
Holland. See Netherlands
Holte
Holten, Sven Aage, Police inspector
Hornbæk, 4.1, 10.1, 13.1
Horserød camp, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4
hospitals, 1.1, 4.1, 7.1, 8.1, 10.1, 10.2, 12.1, 13.1
Hulebæk farm, 6.1, 6.2
Hungary, 4.1, 7.1
Hurwitz, Stephan (1901–1981), professor of law
Hven, 7.1, 11.1, 12.1
Hässleholm
Höganäs, 7.1, 8.1, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2
industry, Danish, 1.1, 9.1, 11.1
Industry Council
Information, illegal news service
interned Danish soldiers, release of, 4.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 9.1, 14.1
Italy, 1.1, 7.1, epi.1
Jacobsen, Arne (1902–1971), Danish architect
Jensen, August, managing director and resistance fighter, 7.1, 7.2, 12.1
Jensen, L. C., county school consultant
Jensen, N. P., bank manager
Jerichow, Herbert, vice president of Titan, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1
Jespersen, Hakon (1891–1960), departmental chief, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1
Jewish children in Denmark, 1.1, 8.1
Jewish committee in Gilleleje, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 13.1
Jewish community, organization of, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 8.1, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 14.1, epi.1
Jewish reaction to Nazi threat, Norwegian, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2
Jewish refugees in Denmark, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3
Jewish World Conference, 9.1, epi.1
Jews, stateless, 2.1, 14.1, epi.1
Johannes, Peter. Fisherman
Juhl, Hans, known as “Gestapo-Juhl,” chief of security police in Elsinore, 7.1, 8.1, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2
Jørgensen, gravedigger in Gilleleje
Jørgensen, Poul, fisherman in Gilleleje
Kalmar, 8.1, 8.2
Kaltenbrunner, Ernst (1903–1946), chief of the Security Police and SD
Kanstein, Paul (1899–1980), SS brigade leader and official, 1.1, 1.2, 6.1, 7.1, epi.1
Karshamn
Kauffmann, Henrik (1888–1963), Danish ambassador in Washington (1939–1958); minister without portfolio in the Danish government in exile, 1.1, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, epi.1
Kennan, George (1904–2005), American diplomat
Kirchhoff, Hans (b. 1933), Danish historian
Kirkeskou, K. V., rural officer in Gilleleje, 12.1, 12.2
Klampenborg, 4.1, 7.1, 9.1
Koch, H. H. (1905–1987), chief of department, Ministry of Social Affairs
Kofoed, K. H. (1879–1951), chief of department, Ministry of Finance
Kongsted, 8.1, 9.1
Koppel, Valdemar (1867–1849), politician and editor in chief of Politiken (1933–1937), 10.1, 12.1, 14.1
Kraft, Ole Bjørn (1893–1980), Conservative Party politician; minister of defense, government in exile
Kristensen, Knud (1880–1962), Venstre Party politician; minister of the interior (1940–1942; 1945), 9.1, 9.2
Kävlinge, 13.1, 14.1
Lachmann, Karl, vice president, Jewish Community Board, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
Larsen, Eivind (1898–1971), chief of department, Ministry of Justice, 1.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 14.1
Larsen, Gunnar (1902–1973), director and minister of transport and minister for public works (1940–1943), 4.1, 5.1
Lassen, Gilbert, merchant in Smidstrup, known as the “Scarlet Pimpernel,” 305, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1
Latvia
Ledermann, Abraham, refugee, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
Ledermann, Mrs., refugee
Levysohn, Herbert, refugee, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 12.2, 14.1, epi.1
Levysohn, William (1858–1943), merchant
Levysohn, Willie (d. 1944), merchant, 8.1, 11.1, 12.1, epi.1
Liberal Center Party, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 9.1
Lind, Vilhelm, Polytechnic student and refugee rescuer, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1
Linköping
Lithuania, 7.1, 8.1, 12.1
Ljungsbro, 13.1, 14.1, epi.1
London, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 9.1, 10.1, 13.1, 14.1
Longerich, Peter (b.1955), German historian, 1.1, 7.1, 14.1
Lund, Niels, priest in Stubbekøbing, 7.1, 8.1
Lundtofte, Henrik (b. 1970), Danish historian
Macedonia
Malmö, 8.1, 11.1, 12.1, 14.1
Manhattan Project
Mannheimer, Carl, president, Jewish community of Göteberg
Marcus, Dorte (b. 1934), daughter of Kirsten and Gunnar Marcus, 1.1, 2.1, 5.1, 7.1, 8.1, 10.1, 12.1, 14.1, epi.1
Marcus, Gunnar (1904–1989), merchant, prl.1, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, epi.1, epi.2
Marcus, Kirsten “Kis” (1909–1978), prl.1, prl.2, prl.3, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, epi.1
Marcus, Palle (b. 1937), son of Kirsten and Gunnar Marcus, 1.1, 2.1, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 14.1, epi.1
Margolinsky, Axel
Margolinsky, Mogens, refugee, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 8.1, 10.1
martial law, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 7.1, 10.1, 14.1
repeal of, 1.1, 4.1, 6.1, 9
.1, 10.1, 13.1
merchant fleet
Merchants Guild
Meyer, Adolph (1871–1941), pediatrician, prl.1, 1.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, epi.1
Mildner, Rudolf, chief, German security police in Denmark (1943), 1.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 14.1, 14.2, epi.1
military police, German, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 10.1
Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry of Social Affairs
Ministry of Trade, 1.1, 4.1
Mohr, Otto Carl (1883–1970), director, Foreign Ministry (1936–1941); ambassador in Berlin (1941–1945), 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 12.1, 13.1
Moltke, Helmuth von (1907–1945), 6.1, 13.1
Montgomery, Bernard Law (1887–1976), British field marshal
Mortving, sargent, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1
Munch, Peter (1870–1948), Liberal Center Party member, minister of defense (1913–1920); foreign minister (1929–1940)
Munck, Ebbe (1905–1974), journalist and resistance member in the Free Danes, Stockholm, 4.1, 7.1
Municipal Hospital, Copenhagen, 4.1, 6.1, 8.1, 10.1, 11.1
Mussolini, Benito (1883–1945), Italian dictator (1930–1945)
Møller, Andreas (1882–1954), department chief, state department, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1
Møn, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1
Naples
National Bank
navy, Danish,16, 1.1, 9.1, 14.1
navy, German, 8.1, 14.1, 14.2
navy, Swedish, 8.1, 14.1
Nazi press, Danish, 6.1, 7.1, 10.1
Netherlands, 1.1, 4.1, 7.1, 7.2
neutrality defense
Nielsen, Sven Otto, resistance fighter, 7.1, epi.1
Norway, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 4.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 14.1, epi.1
Nyegaard, Erik, vice president of Automatic and resistance fighter, 1.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 10.1, epi.1, epi.2
Nykøbing Falster, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2
Olsen, Kaj, horse wagon driver in Gilleleje, 11.1, 11.2
Olsen, Marie, refugee helper in Gilleleje, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1
Operation Barbarossa, code name of the June 22, 1941, German invasion of the Soviet Union, 1.1
Paarup, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
Palestine, 1.1, 13.1
Pancke, Günther (1899–1973), German police chief in Denmark (1943–1945), 6.1, 14.1
parliament, Danish, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
parliamentary elections (March 1943)
pastoral letter from the Danish bishops (October 1943), 8.1, 9.1
Pedersen, Oluf (1891–1970), member of parliament for the Justice Foundation, 9.1, 9.2
Petersen, Peter, mechanic in Gilleleje, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
Poland, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 9.1, 9.2, 11.1, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, epi.1
police, Danish, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4
police headquarters in Copenhagen, 6.1, 7.1, 10.1
Politiken, newspaper, 1.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 7.2, 9.1, 10.1, 12.1, 12.2
Posen meeting, 4.1, 9.1, 9.2, 11.1
Pürschel, Victor (1877–1963), Conservative party politician
Quisling, Vidkun (1887–1945), Norwegian Nazi, appointed prime minister in 1942, 1.1, 1.2
Rasmussen, Hans (1873–1949), Social Democrat; president of the parliament
Red Army, 4.1, 7.1
Red Cross, 5.1, 14.1, 14.2
refugee policy, Danish, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 14.1
refugee policy, Swedish, 1.1, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 14.1
Reich Security Head Office (RSHA), leading organ for the SS and the German police, 1.1, 8.1, 10.1, 14.1, 14.2
Renthe-Fink, Cecil von (1885–1964), German ambassador in Copenhagen (1936–1942), 1.1, 1.2, 14.1
Retsforbundet
Reventlow, Eduard (1883–1963), director, Foreign Ministry (1922–1932); Danish ambassador in London (1938–1954), 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 9.1, 13.1
Ribbentrop, Joachim von (1893–1946), Nazi foreign minister (1938–1945), 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 4.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 13.1, 14.1
Richert, Arvid (1887–1981), chief of the Swedish legation in Berlin (1937–1945), 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 9.1
Rigsdag
Romania
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882–1945), U.S. president (1933–1945), 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 4.1
Rooth, Ivar (1888–1972), president of the Swedish Royal Bank
Rosting, Helmer Rostgaard Gommesen (1893–1945), president of the Danish Red Cross (1939–1945)
Ruds Vedby, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1
Russia. See Soviet Union
Russian Jews, 1.1, 4.1, 8.1, 8.2, 12.1
Rügen, 7.1, 8.1
sabotage, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 10.2, 12.1, 12.2, 14.1, 14.2, epi.1
Scarlet Pimpernel (in Falster). See August Jensen
Scarlet Pimpernel (in Smidstrup). See Gilbert Lassen
Scavenius, Erik (1877–1962), foreign minister (1913–1920; 1940–1945); prime minister (1942–1943; 1945), col3.1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 12.1, 14.1, epi.1
Schalburg Corps, 6.1, 6.2, 10.1, 10.2
Scherpenberg, Hilger van (1899–1969), German diplomat
Schüstin, Leo, wrestler, refugee
Schüstin, Rebecca, refugee
Schüstin, Sarah, refugee
Seidenfaden, Erik (1910–1990), journalist and editor, 1.1, 14.1, 14.2
Shipowners Association
Skudehavnen, 11.1, 13.1
Slovakia
Smidstrup, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 13.1, 13.2
Social Democratic Party, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.1, 9.1, 9.2, nts.1
Sorgenfri Castle, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 6.1
Soviet Union, ix, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 4.1, 10.1
SS (Schutzstaffel), 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 10.1, 11.1, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, epi.1
Star of David, viii, ix, x
State Council
Stauning, Thorvald (1873–1942), Social Democrat; prime minister (1929–1942), viii, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 4.1, 5.1
Steincke, Karl Kristian (1880–1963), Social Democrat; minister of justice (1926–1929; 1935–1939); minister of social affairs (1929–1935)
Steincke’s penal code supplement 1939, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Stubbekøbing, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 12.1, 13.1
Stutthof concentration camp, 7.1, 10.1
suicides, in connection with the deportation, 6.1, 8.1, 9.1, 13.1
Svendsen, Juhl Richard, fisherman in Gilleleje, 8.1, 10.1, 11.1
Svenningsen, Nils (1894–1985), diplomat; director in Foreign Ministry (1941–1945; 1951–1961), 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, epi.1
Svenska Dagbladet, Swedish daily newspaper
Sweden, x, prl.1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.6, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5, 14.6, epi.1, epi.2, epi.3
Swinemünde, 7.1, 7.2
Søborg farm
Sørensen, Aksel, fisherman
Talleruphuus, Imamnuel, underwriter and resistance fighter, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 7.2, epi.1
Titan, Danish industrial company, 1.1, 4.1, 5.1, 8.1, 10.1, 11.1, 13.1
trade agreement, Danish-German
trade, with Germany, 1.1, 7.1, 7.2
Trelleborg, 8.1, 8.2, 10.1, 13.1
United Nations, 1.1, epi.1
UN Declaration (1942)
United States, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 4.1, 5.1
Venstre Party
Versailles Treaty, 1.1, 1.2
Vesterbro, 7.1, 8.1, 10.1
Vichy government, French collaboration government (1940–1944), 1.1, 1.2
Västerås, prl.1, 10.1, 11.1, 14.1, epi.1
Waffen-SS, 7.1, 8.1
Wannsee Conference (January 1942)
Washington, D.C., 1.1, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, epi.1
Weimar Republic, Germany (1919–1933)
Wermacht, German army, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 2.1, 2.2, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 14.1, 14.2, epi.1
Wernekinck, Herman, leading staff member of ASEA, 8.1, 11.1, 12.1, 14.1
white buses
Widding, H. G., physician in Höganäs
Wilcke, Julius (1875–1951), permanent secretary, Ministry of Agriculture
Wise, James Waterman, president of the World Jewish Congress
With, Erik, general
World Jewish Congress, 4.1, 9.1
World War I, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Yahil, Leni (1912–2007), German-Israeli historian, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 5.1, 6.1, 8.1, 14.1
Ystad, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1
Ziegler, Lulu (1903–1973), actress
Øresund, 2.1, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 14.1
Østre Ulslev
Ålborg
Ålsgårde
A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bo Lidegaard is the editor in chief of the leading Danish newspaper Politiken and the author of several books on modern history. He served as a diplomat in the Danish Foreign Service before joining the Office of the Danish Prime Minister as Ambassador and Permanent Undersecretary of State tasked with responsibilities corresponding to those of National Security Advisor. He later led the team preparing the 2009 United Nations conference on climate change in Copenhagen. He is one of the most respected and widely read Danish historians, and his work has focused on U.S.-Danish relations in the twentieth century, as well as on the modern Danish welfare state. He lives in Copenhagen.