The flight to Sweden

The story of the teddy bear Mo and its people - When there was war in Denmark

There is a hard story told through the eyes of a soft teddy bear - so the very little ones can join in. The teddy bear Mo, together with his people, must flee in October 1943. The family must leave their one and a half month old daughter in an orphanage in Denmark, as they do not dare to take her with them.

"Flugten til Sverige" is based on the author's family's own story, which was told to her in fragments when she was a child, and which she wants to be told to other children - so that it is never forgotten.

It's a bright story about a dark time when it's good to have a teddy bear.

Written by: Sascha Kempinski / Illustrated by Jeanne Goldschmidt

Target group: 5-10 year olds

Number of pages: 32 - fully illustrated

Published by the publisher Liive/Helle Hammer with an afterword by the Danish Jewish Museum

Price: DKK 149  

The city that whispered

New children's book about October 1943

In The City that Whispered, we meet the girl Anette, who, together with her parents, helps to hide fleeing Jews in their house in Gilleleje. The book is inspired by the events during the dramatic October days in 1943.

The story emphasizes that everyone can find the courage to help others in need and that help can take many different forms, whether you are a child or an adult.

Written by Jennifer Elvgren* / Illustrated by Fabio Santomauro / Translated by Noa Agnete Metz

Number of pages: 30 - fully illustrated

Published by the Danish Jewish Museum

Price: NOK 130 (price for members of the Society for Danish Jewish History: NOK 99)

Poster - Niels Bohr

In 2022, it was 100 years since Niels Bohr received the Nobel Prize in Physics, for "his merits in the study of the structure of atoms and the radiation that emanates from them". The museum marks this with a new poster - a woodcut by the artist, Jens Bohr.

Niels Bohr's mother, Ellen Adler Bohr, came from a wealthy Jewish family, while his father, Christian Bohr, was a Lutheran – Niels Bohr was baptized, but considered himself a free thinker. Nevertheless, he had to flee to Sweden in 1943 – already on 25 September. The flight went from Sydhavnen in Copenhagen to Køge Bay. Here the refugees were transferred to a trawler that brought them to Limhamn south of Malmö. The 100th year has been marked on several occasions, where the focus has naturally been on his role in physics. We also think his Jewish connection deserves to be highlighted in that context.

We have had beautiful posters produced by the artist Jens Bohr. The posters can be bought in the museum shop. They cost DKK 100 (member price: DKK 75)

Price: DKK 100 (Member offer DKK 75)

Chanukkah Light beer

Finally it's here - "Chanukkah Light Beer". The Danish Jewish Museum marks the holiday with a new beer in collaboration with Ørbæk Brewery. 

And it happened in the year 3596 (164 BC) that Judas Maccabeus rededicated the Temple and a miracle of light happened. The holiday of Chanukkah is celebrated by lighting candles in the chanukkia (candlestick) – one for each of the 8 days that the miracle of light lasted. The ninth arm is used to light the other candles.

The new Chanukkah beer based on Ørbæk Bryggeri's traditional Danish dark white beer (alc. 1,8%), which was once one of the most common types of beer in Denmark. Now it is mostly drunk in winter - also by many who celebrate Christmas. The bottle contains 75 cl. and the content corresponds to 0,9 items – or approximately 0,1 for each candle in the candlestick.

The idea for the beer is inspired by the Jewish museum in Stockholm's 'chanukkah most'. We have made our own "Chanukkah Light Beer" to mark the holiday. But there is no reason to wait, because it tastes really good and fits perfectly with the season, regardless of whether you are celebrating Chanukkah or Christmas.

"Chanukkah Lysøl" is a dark white beer. The bottle contains 75 cl. (alc. 1,8% = 0,9 object). Price: 1 for DKK 50, 3 for 120.

Price: DKK 50 per bottle. There is an offer for 3 bottles for DKK 120.

Anniversary brew

400 – a jubilee brew is a strong lager that can be drunk in festive layers and goes well with dishes such as chicken, salads, fish and spicy food. It comes in 75 cl. bottles and the contents correspond to four items. One for each century. It is organic as well as kosher.

In 2022, the 400th year of shared Danish Jewish history will be marked. Ever since Christian IV invited Jews to Denmark in 4, Jewish life has existed in Denmark. It should of course be celebrated. The Danish Jewish Museum has therefore made it possible to share in history both through lectures, book publications and exhibitions, but also by putting it on the table in bottle format and getting a taste of history in a jubilee brew.

Together with Ørbæk Brewery, the Danish Jewish Museum has developed a jubilee brew that gives flavor to history and can contribute both to the celebrations in connection with the commemoration and to focus on history. It is not a historical beer, but a beer that conveys history. In addition to malt, water, yeast and hops, both cane sugar and tea have been added, which Jewish trading houses have imported to Denmark.

"Danish Jewish history has been characterized by both light and darkness. It also reflects our choice of design. But there is every reason to mark and celebrate this chapter of Denmark's history together", says director of the Danish Jewish Museum Janus Møller Jensen.

"We are happy to be a supplier for this festive historical event", says production manager Andreas Falkenberg from Ørbæk Bryggeri, who has been behind the development of the beer.

It also reflects a common Danish Jewish beer history. Tuborg, for example, was founded by Philip G. Heyman, who also became the brewery's first director - and was also followed by other talented Jewish businessmen in the director's seat.

Price: DKK 50 per bottle. There is an offer for 3 bottles for DKK 120.

Chocolate coins

What does a chocolate coin have to do with Danish Jewish history? It is a coin commemorating Christian IV's invitation of Jews to Denmark in 4.

At the beginning of the 1600th century, the mint master Albert Dionis was invited to Glückstadt by Christian 4. Albert Dionis was a Sephardic Jew and became mint master for the king. One of Albert Dionis's coins was a 3 shilling lybsk minted in 1624. 

We have recreated the historical coin as an edible variant.

Price: DKK 40 per bag

MASAGAMA the

Taste the history with our MASAGAMA tea. The Danish Jewish Museum conveys an important part of Danish Jewish history by recreating a modern historical tea based on one of Denmark's oldest tea brands.

In 1760, Moses Melchior founded a trading company on Højbro Plads in Copenhagen. The company was named "Moses & Søn G. Melchior" after an auctioneer put the company name together incorrectly. The owners liked the new name so much that they kept the misspelled name. The trade was mainly with spices, coffee and of course tea. Moses & Søn G. Melchior started producing tea under the name "MASAGAMA". It is the initials of the company name separated by an "A".  

The business went well until World War II, when the company's last owner, Harald Melchior, had to flee to Sweden. After the war there was a decline in tea sales in Denmark and in 2 Moses & Søn G. Melchior had to close and the assets were sold off. 

With respect to the old trading company, our MASAGAMA tea has been created in collaboration with TeSelskabet, Denmark's only tea shop that still mixes tea in-house. The tea is a modern twist on a black tea that you would have drunk at the beginning of the 1900th century. We have mixed black teas with history in mind, but with a view to today's taste buds. It is therefore not necessarily a historical tea, but a tea that gives flavor to history. The result is a rounded but powerful black tea that can be drunk neat or with milk and sugar. At the same time, it helps to enliven and convey an important chapter of the shared Danish Jewish history. Hopefully it is just one of several products that we would like to help bring history to life in new and exciting ways. 

In collaboration with TeSelskabet, we have put together a black tea that could have been sold as MASAGAMA The at the end of the 1800th century. We hope you like it. Enjoy. 

Price: DKK 40 per bag

Stone on stone

On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Jewish life in Denmark, the Danish Jewish Museum publishes Hanne Foighel's book Stone on stone. My 400-year-old Danish Jewish roots.

With her own family as a guide, Hanne Foighel follows Danish Jewish life for 400 years until 2022. Hanne can trace her family back 11 generations and the first Heckscher from Altona is allowed to settle in Copenhagen in 1727. In the 1800th century, the family is a part of the wealthy Danish Jewish bourgeoisie, which in the early 1900s was rapidly assimilated. At the same time, around 3000 Jews fleeing pogroms and poverty in Eastern Europe settle in Copenhagen. Among them later tax minister Isi Foighel's grandparents, the author's great-grandparents.

Stone on stone is more than just a book about one genus. It is a journey through Danish Jewish history from the 1600th century to the present day. It is an insight into history through personal destinies and stories that make history present and relatable.

Hanne Foighel has written a book based on her own family, as an example of the great story, but told at eye level.

The book can be purchased online on our website or physically in the museum shop at the Danish Jewish Museum. In addition, it will be available in various bookshops. 

Price: DKK 375. For members of the Society for Danish Jewish History, the price is DKK 300.