Abstract
The present text explores the persistently popular 20thcentury narrative regarding the heroic rescue of 7,742 (97%) Danish Jews from deportation by German Nazis to death camps during WWII. This text challenges the narrative, uncovering certain circumstances and issues that suggest Nazi Germany allowed the Jews to escape across the Oresund River in light of various political and economic conditions. This text compiles new research and first-hand accounts of events that suggest the escape of the Jews from Denmark should be understood as an equally balanced result evolving from certain action of the Danes and inaction of Nazi officials, even those part of Adolf Hitler’s inner circle.
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