A thing my maternal grand father taught me at an early stage in life was that the danish policy of collaboration during most of the second world war was a great shame. He was actually amongst the very few who attempted to show the allies that the Danes weren't Nazi helpers but should be seen as being part of the allies. For his contribution his two sons drowned under the escape to Sweden and a MBE from Great Britain.
If Denmark had contributed more actively maybe there would have been more German troops in Denmark which would have helped numerous other countries (like Poland)...
A new danish film (Flammen og Citronen) shows a glimpse of what life must have been like - including the dillemmas of collaboration and the doubt and uncertain loyalties...If it comes to a theatre near you I can recommend this movie.
The film has inspired me to once again start looking for more details of my Morfars activities.
Nicolas
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