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The Holocaust in Norway

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Contemporary Views on the Holocaust

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None of the Scandinavian Jewish communities suffered such staggering losses during World War II as did the Jews of Norway. Forty-nine percent of her Jewish population was murdered, a percentage higher than that of France (26 percent), Bulgaria (22 percent), or Italy (20 percent).1 Finland, which was a co-belligerent with Nazi Germany from 1941 to 1944, protected her Jewish population throughout the war. As an Axis partner, Finland was the only German “ally that was never pressured into deporting its Jews.”2 Denmark, which was invaded on the same day as Norway, April 9, 1940, offered only token resistance and was considered by Germany as a “model protectorate” until August 27, 1943.

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Abrahamsen, S. (1983). The Holocaust in Norway. In: Braham, R.L. (eds) Contemporary Views on the Holocaust. Holocaust Studies Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6681-9_5

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