Danish fishermen (foreground) ferry a boatload of fugitives across a narrow sound to neutral Sweden.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 70737

Overview

Caption: Danish fishermen (foreground) ferry a boatload of fugitives across a narrow sound to neutral Sweden.

Caption from the Danish Museum reads: "Transfer of passengers from a Danish ship to a Swedish one in the waters between Denmark and Sweden. Picture from a slideshow compiled to document the activities of the escape organisation Danish-Swedish Refugee Service run by Mr. Leif Hendil. The pictures were probably all taken shortly before the German capitulation in May 1945, and the refugees are thus unlikely to be Jewish."
Date: May 1945
Locale: Sweden
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Frihedsmuseet, Copenhagen

Photo Source: Frihedsmuseet, Copenhagen

Copyright: Public Domain

Source Record ID: 12th Section

Keyword: BOATS DANES DANISH RESCUE RESCUERS/RESCUE RESCUERS/RESCUE (WARTIME)
Photo Designation: RESCUE MISSIONS -- Diplomatic Rescue -- Denmark: Rescue of Danish Jewry -- Rescue Boats/Trip to Sweden