Did King Christian X of Denmark wear a yellow star in support of the Danish Jews?
According to popular legend, King Christian X chose to wear a yellow star in support of the Danish Jews during the Nazi occupation of Denmark. In another version, the Danish people decided to wear a yellow star for the same reason. Both of these stories are fictional. In fact, unlike Jews in other countries under Nazi rule, the Jews of Denmark were never forced to wear an identification mark such as a yellow star. However, the legend conveys an important historical truth: both the King and the Danish people stood by their Jewish citizens and were instrumental in saving the overwhelming majority of them from Nazi persecution and death. Click here for background information on Danish resistance.
According to popular legend, King Christian X chose to wear a yellow star in support of the Danish Jews during the Nazi occupation of Denmark. In another version, the Danish people decided to wear a yellow star for the same reason. Both of these stories are fictional. In fact, unlike Jews in other countries under Nazi rule, the Jews of Denmark were never forced to wear an identification mark such as a yellow star. However, the legend conveys an important historical truth: both the King and the Danish people stood by their Jewish citizens and were instrumental in saving the overwhelming majority of them from Nazi persecution and death. Click here for background information on Danish resistance. Sources: Michael Berenbaum. The World Must Know (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1993), p. 158. Ellen Levine. Darkness Over Denmark: The Danish Resistance and the Rescue of the Jews (New York: Holiday House, 2000), p. 28. Robert Rozett, and Shmuel Spector. “Denmark.” In Encyclopedia of the Hol
