Repatriation and restitution of Holocaust victims in post-war Denmark

Jewish Holocaust survivors faced severe economic and emotional difficulties on returning home to Denmark in 1945. Jewish families had used their savings, sold valuables and property and obtained improvised private loans in order to finance their escape to Sweden. Homes, businesses and property had b...

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Published in:	Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis
Main Author:	Sofie Lene Bak
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Donner Institute 2016-04-01
Subjects:	Judaism Jews > Denmark Jews > Sweden Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Survivors Refugees, Jewish Public welfare
Online Access:	https://journal.fi/scripta/article/view/66572

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