Many government officials saw expanded trade with Germany as vital to maintaining social order in Denmark.[1] It was feared increased unemployment and poverty could lead to civil unrest which would result in a crackdown by the German authorities.[2] The Danish government and King Christian X repeatedly discouraged sabotage and encouraged informing on the resistance movement, an activity for which some were sentenced to death after the war.[21][22] The structure of the Danish unemployment system meant that unemployment benefits could be denied if jobs were available in Germany and this practice was widely followed resulting in an average of some 20.000 Danes working in German factories through the 5 years of the war.[23]