The Danes resisted persecution of their Jewish countrymen , writes Bo Lidegaard . He asks : Would anyone rescue their Jews today , even at the cost of their own lives ? Yet , they were rescued , because most Danes at the time saw the Nazi assault against them as a violation of the sense of justice on which their nation was built . He says it answers the question : Who are ` ` we '' and who belongs to our society ? The escape of the Danish Jews shows to us the strength of the Jews , he writes .
The Danes resisted persecution of their Jewish countrymen , writes Bo Lidegaard . He asks : Would anyone rescue their Jews today , even at the cost of their own lives ? He says it answers the question : Who are ` ` we '' and who belongs to our society ? The escape of the Danish Jews shows to us the strength of the Jews , he writes .