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Most Jews hid for some days or weeks and were then smuggled to Sweden, which offered asylum to Danish Jews. Of the 450 or so Jews who were captured by the Nazis, most were sent to [[Concentration camp Theresienstadt|Theresienstadt]] in [[Czechoslovakia]]. 51 died by the end of the war.
==Explanations==
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*Another explanation focuses on the particular traits of Danish [[nationalism]]. Since the mid-nineteenth century, a nationalism emphasizing the importance of "smallness", local communities, and traditions had evolved in Denmark, largely as a response to its failure to assert itself as a great power and the loss of the [[Second War of Schleswig]]. Some historians, such as [[Andrew Buckser]], believe that this "[[Nicolai Grundtvig|Grundtvigian]]" nationalism helped the Danish population identify with the plight of the Jews, even if it did not completely trust them ([[anti-Semitism]] had been a problem in Denmark).
▲*The Jews were smuggled across the sea to Sweden in boats of local fishermen. These fishermen had built hidden spaces in their boats to conceal people. Nazi soldiers began to suspect and catch the Jews, and also used police dogs trained to find hidden people. To counter this, chemists in Sweden concocted a mixture of dried rabbit's blood and cocaine, placing it on a handkerchief. These were distributed to the fishermen. When a dog detected the presence of the rabbit's blood, he would sniff the handkerchief. The cocaine would disable its sense of smell temporarily.
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