Warm-up question:
Do you think of yourself as a brave person? Why or why not? What makes a person brave?
Think of different kinds of bravery and give examples. (Examples: getting a shot at the doctor’s; performing in public)
During this reading, we will find out how Annemarie’s Uncle Henrik defines bravery. But first, some background information:
The Resistance
Most of Denmark’s Jews were saved because of prompt and sometimes very imaginative action by ordinary citizens. For example, when Jorgen Knudsen heard that the Germans were starting to round up Jews for deportation, the Danish ambulance driver looked through telephone directories for individuals whose family names were “Jewish-sounding.” He drove his ambulance to the home of one family after another, warning the family to escape. A few of the people he contacted were scared and worried because they couldn’t think of any place to seek refuge. Knudsen drove these people to a hospital where one of the doctors was active in the Resistance. The doctor disguised the people as hospital patients. A week later, hundreds of Jewish refugees were still hiding in this hospital when news came that the Gestapo planned a search of the place. Hospital officials pretended that a funeral was being held in the hospital chapel. A procession of about twenty taxis came to take the “mourners” away.
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