Alas Denmark. The Palestinian president can speak out against
Meshal, but Denmark seeks to block an EU statement? And
meanwhile, Jews cannot safely navigate the streets of Copenhagen
if they are in any way identified as Jews. The Holocaust Museum
web site tells us of a different Denmark: • Germany occupied
Denmark on April 9, 1940. However, Danish Jews were not
persecuted until the autumn of 1943. • When the German police
began searching for and arresting Jews on the night of October
1, 1943, the Danish police refused to cooperate. • Unlike Jews
in other countries under Nazi rule, the Jews of Denmark were
never forced to wear the yellow Star of David or any other
identifying badge. • Approximately 500 Jews were deported from
Denmark to the Theresienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia.
Following protests from their government, these Danish inmates
were allowed to receive letters and even some care packages.
Most of them survived the Holocaust. It seems, from this
information, that a Jew could more safely walk the s