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Why Did Denmark Have Moral Courage

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These people of Denmark were not showing moral courage from their words but rather their actions. On September 28, 1943 Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz told the Danish resistance that the Nazis were coming for the Danish Jews("Rescue in Denmark"). This outcry sparked a nationwide effort to help these Danish Jews. Denmark was the only country that was strong enough and stood together as a country and resisted the Nazi's reign. Some even provided hiding places, underground escape routes, false papers, food, clothing, money, and even sometimes weapons("Rescue in Denmark"). To help these Jews in Denmark you did not have to be someone special, some regular fisherman helped 7,200 Danish Jews escaped across the Baltic Sea into Sweden(Gerhard and Spiegel). Everyone in Denmark was on the same team together at this time, some policeman would turn their shoulder if they saw a large group of Jews trying to escape. As well as turning their shoulder, these policemen would warn the Jews of where the Nazis were and what they were up to. Jan Zabinski in particular was a hero of the time. He was the …show more content…

The people of Denmark took this to heart and embodied what it means to have moral courage. The people of Denmark have moral courage because, they could have been very easily persecuted for helping their Jewish citizens. But, they helped them anyways from giving them a roof over there heads to giving them papers to get into other countries. And even to being a good friend during hard times. The whole community in Denmark stood together and everyone looked out for each other. During this time of chaos and distress Denmark was still a beautiful place because of all the love and friendship appearing. The people of Denmark showed moral courage so well, because they stood up to what is the giant machine, the Nazis. They didn’t care who they were against they just wanted to be together as a

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