Which 1943 rescue effort transported most of Denmark’s Jewish population to neutral Sweden?

The Rescue of the Danish Jews was the 1943 effort that transported most of Denmark’s Jewish population to neutral Sweden.

After German authorities ordered the deportation of Danish Jews in October 1943, Danish resistance members, ordinary citizens, clergy, and fishermen organized hiding places and escape routes. Many Jewish people were moved from Copenhagen and other areas across the Øresund strait to Sweden, which was neutral during World War II.

About 7,200 Jews and 686 non-Jewish relatives reached Sweden. The operation is notable because the vast majority of Denmark’s Jewish population survived the Holocaust, although approximately 470 Danish Jews were deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto.

This event is distinct from the Kindertransport, which brought mostly Jewish children from Nazi-controlled Europe to Britain before the war. It is also different from the White Buses, a 1945 Scandinavian evacuation and rescue operation involving concentration-camp prisoners.