When I happened to pay a visit to Denmark, I couldn’t help but notice that a comparison of the two countries’ wartime records did not present the Dutch in a favourable light. Danish authorities largely cooperated with the Nazis – but only on the condition that Jews in the country were not treated too harshly. In one famous incident, the King of Denmark told his prime minister that if the Nazis made Jews wear yellow stars then he would wear one too, forcing the occupiers to scrap the plan. The Danish police refused to assist in rounding up Jews and when the Nazis announced plans for mass
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