Danish Jews Escape the Holocaust

Witness History: World War Two history - A podcast by BBC World Service

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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)