Descrittore

Termine preferito

Croce Rossa, danese   Cerca

Nota d'ambito

Use for discussions of experiences with the Danish Red Cross. (en-US)

Definizione

During World War II the Danish Red Cross commission led by Dr. Frantz Hvass (of the Danish Foreign Ministry) and Dr. Juel Henningsen (of the Danish Department of Health) was granted permision to inspect Theresienstadt. The camp had been subject to "beautification" before the visit of Red Cross Delegates. After the war the Danish Red Cross compiled lists of Danes who had been incarcerated in concentration camps during World War II. (en-US)

Fonte

Flender, Harold. Rescue in Denmark. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963. pp. 221-223, 247

Termini più generici

• reazioni alla persecuzione e al totalitarismo