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Chapter 1

Why did Germany want to take over Denmark? In other words, what benefits did Germany gain by occupying Denmark?

Chapter 2 What did KIng Christian do to defy the Germans?

How did the Danes defy the Germans?

Chapter 3 Briefly describe the different groups of Jews in Denmark. Use bullet points. How did Denmark treat its Jewish residents differently than other countries?

Chapter 4 Describe how the Resistance grew using newspapers in Denmark. What was the Churchill Club?

Chapter 5 In what ways did the Resistance get guns?

Chapter 6 Describe what two of the people mentioned in this chapter did to resist the Nazis.

Chapter 7 How did Werner Best manage to keep many of the Jews in Denmark?

Chapter 8 Who is Niels Bohr, and how did he help the Jews in Denmark? Is there any part of the description of Ben Bogratschew's escape to Sweded that reminds you of details from //Number the Stars?//

Chapter 9 What affect did the persecution and round up of Danish Jews have on other Danish citizens?

Explain what Bobs Peschcke-Koedt did to help the Resistance.

Why was the bombing of the Shell House so important?

Chapter 10 none

Chapter 11 none

Chapter 12 How did Dr. Holm convince the Nazis to release Danish Jews?

Chapter 13 What action officially closed the books on the German occupation of Denmark?

When many of the Danish Jews returned to Denmark, what did they find?