New publication

In connection with the 80th anniversary of the action against the Danish Jews in October 1943, the museum has chosen to republish the critically acclaimed book 'My father's flight', written by historian and journalist Bent Blüdnikow.

On October 7, 1943, Bent Blüdnikow's father, Benjamin, boarded a rowing boat with nine other Jews to take them from occupied Denmark to safety in Sweden. The boat capsized and everyone on board, including a small child, ended up in the cold waters of the Øresund. Seven were saved; three drowned.

With his father's story as a focal point, Bent Blüdnikow tells about the rescue of the Danish Jews in 1943 in a larger chronological and historical context. Bent Blüdnikow's poignant account is based on conversations with his parents, their diaries, interviews with survivors from the rowing boat and other Danish Jews.

The story is eternally relevant and is published as part of the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the escape and rescue of the Danish Jews in October 1943.

The book has been updated with new historical photos and a brand new foreword.

The book can already be bought for the historical book festival 'Historien Lever' → which you can read more about here.