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Danes are generally a reserved people, though they are often considered positively outgoing compared to their more distant northern cousins in Norway and Sweden.

They are generally compassionate, articulate, and clean.

Danes are fun loving, as a trip through any town on a Friday night can attest, but hard working when there's something to be done.

They are noted for their very “civilized” nature.

Consequently, there is also a sense of arrogance and smugness sometimes associated with the Danes. 

Equality is an important part of Danish culture, so much so that, 'success' or what may be seen as a deliberate attempt to distinguish oneself from others may be viewed with hostility.

Architecture - Consists of the Ottonian and the Carolingian styles. These are the most important predecessors of the Romanesque. Then there are the other types of architecture like the Baroque, the Gothic and the Renaissance.

Music and Dance - The famous musicians like Beethoven, Bach, Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert are all from Germany. There are 141 professional orchestras in Germany.

Dance is very popular in Germany.

- Germany has more than 250 ballet companies. Dance is usually traditional and the approach classical.

- The main troupe is tanztheater. The dance theaters have roots in the expressionist dance and political threaters.

- Music and dance is the life blood of Germany.

Cuisine - The cuisine of Germany varies from region to region, but the specialties are the meat in the form of sausages, the varieties of cakes, the desserts, and the rye bread for which Germany is famous.

Etiquettes and Behavior - Germans attach great importance to punctuality. You will win their favor if you reach the promised place on time! If you are visiting the house of a German, remember to open your shoes before you enter and bring a smile on the face of your host by presenting him or her with a bunch of flowers!

People of Denmark – generally called the Danes. Its ethnic make up are:Scandinavian InuitFaroeseSomali

GermanTurkishIranian

German (91.5%)Turkish (2.4%)Other (6.1%) – made up largely of Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish

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DenmarDenmarkk

Population Population (as of (as of 2009)2009)

82,000,082,000,000 00 people people (est.) (est.)

5,400,005,400,000 people 0 people (est.)(est.)

GovernmeGovernmentnt

Federal Federal RepublicRepublic

ConstitutConstitution-al ion-al MonarchMonarchyy

GermanyGermany DenmarkDenmarkReligions Religions Protestant Protestant

(34%)(34%)

Roman Roman Catholic Catholic (34%)(34%)

Muslim Muslim (3.7%)(3.7%)

Other Other (28.3%) (28.3%)

Evangelical Evangelical Lutheran Lutheran (95%)(95%)

Protestant Protestant and Roman and Roman Catholic Catholic (3%)(3%)

Muslim (2%) Muslim (2%)

LocationLocation Central Central EuropeEurope

Northern Northern EuropeEurope

GermanyGermany DenmarkDenmarkLanguagLanguagee

German/German/Deutsch Deutsch (over 95%)(over 95%)

Sorbian Sorbian (0.09%) (0.09%)

Frisian Frisian (0.01%)(0.01%)

Danish Danish (0.06%)(0.06%)

Romani Romani (0.08%)(0.08%)

Turkish Turkish (1.8%)(1.8%)

Kurdish Kurdish (0.3%) (0.3%)

Danish (over Danish (over 98%)98%)

German German (about 0.4%)(about 0.4%)

Inuit (0.1%) Inuit (0.1%)

CapitalCapital BerlinBerlin CopenhagCopenhagenen

- Germany was the aggressor. It - Germany was the aggressor. It launched one unprovoked attack launched one unprovoked attack after another against all its after another against all its neighbors except Switzerland. neighbors except Switzerland.

- It enslaved virtually all of Europe - It enslaved virtually all of Europe and attempted to exterminate and attempted to exterminate whole populations.whole populations.

World War 2

- They murdered - They murdered 6,000,000 6,000,000 Jews and Jews and at least at least 5,000,0005,000,000 Slavs. In the end, Slavs. In the end, Germany was completely Germany was completely defeated, defeated, their cities smashed, the country their cities smashed, the country in ruins.in ruins.

- They had also- They had also blamed blamed everything everything on the on the Jews Jews because because Germany was in debt at that Germany was in debt at that time. time.

World War 2

- In the past war (World War I), - In the past war (World War I), they lost and had to pay for all they lost and had to pay for all the things they wrecked so the things they wrecked so they they blamed the Jews blamed the Jews and and started World War II started World War II by putting by putting them in concentration and them in concentration and extermination camps and extermination camps and brutally murdering them bybrutally murdering them by

World War 2

World War 2

Significance of the Germans

The Germans were the persecutors in the lives of Jews.

During the Holocaust, the period between Jan. 30,1933 to May 8,1945, Adolf Hitler, the Chancellor of Germany, ordered the killing of all the Jews.

Significance of the Germans

The Nazis claimed that the Jews corrupted pure German culture with “mongrel” influence. They portrayed the Jews as evil and cowardly, and the Germans as hardworking, courageous, and honest.

Many Jews attempted to flee Germany then.

Significance of the Danes

The Danes were considered the rescuers of the Jews.

The rescue of the Danish Jews occurred during Nazi Germany’s occupation of Denmark during World War II.

Significance of the Danes

When Hitler ordered that Danish Jews be arrested and deported on 1-2 October 1943, many Danes took part in a collective effort to evacuate the roughly 8,000 Jews of Denmark by sea to nearby neutral Sweden.

Significance of the Danes

The rescue allowed the vast majority of Denmark’s Jewish population to avoid capture by the Nazis and is considered to be one of the largest actions of collective resistance to repression in the countries occupied by Nazi Germany.

- In January 1933, some 522,000 Jews by religious definition lived in Germany.

- Over half of these individuals, approximately 304,000 Jews, emigrated during the first 6 yrs.

of the Nazi dictatorship, leaving only approximately 214,000 Jews in Germany proper (1937 borders) on the eve of World War II.

- The Germans, as the strongest and the fittest during that period, was destined to rule,

while the weak and adulterated Jews were doomed to extinction.

- Hitler began to restrict Jews with legislation and terror. Hitler ordered the burning of books written by Jews, removing Jews from their professions and

schools, confiscating their businesses, and eventually isolating them.

- In all, the Germans and their collaborators killed between 160,000 and 180,000 German Jews in the Holocaust.

Role of DanesOver 99% of Denmark’s Jewish population survived the Holocaust as a result of the rescue and Danish intercession on behalf of the 5% Danish Jews who were deported to the Theresienstadt camp in Boheima.

Role of DanesIn Denmark, the Danes were left to govern themselves until 1943 and Jews were left alone.

Even after the Nazis took over the government, the Danes refused to hand over their small Jewish population and moved them to Sweden. The Danes accepted the Jews as Danish citizens and did not

Role of Danesaccept the imposed power divisions enforced by the Nazis

•The Danes proved that widespread support for Jews and resistance to Nazi policies could save lives.