The Danish Resistance Ate the German Censorship Policy

When German authorities imposed strict press censorship in Denmark, the Danish resistance didn't just print underground newspapers — they created hundreds of them. At the peak, over 50 illegal newspapers were published in Copenhagen alone. The most famous, 'De Frie Danske' (The Free Danes), was edited by a university professor who continued teaching full-time while editing the paper. The Danish resistance also smuggled 7,220 Danish Jews to neutral Sweden by sea in October 1943 — saving over 99% of Denmark's Jewish population. When the Germans arrived to deport Jews, they had already been warned and were in hiding.