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Title: World War II Danish Resistance Literature Collection
Dates: ca. 1940-1945
Collection number: Bernath Mss 161
Collection Size:
1.4 linear feet
(4 document boxes and 1 half-sized document box).
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Abstract: Pamphlets, flyers, joke books, poetry, song sheet music, and other printed materials (in Danish) produced in resistance to
the Nazi occupation of Denmark, as well as a few items from collaborationist groups. Most published by Frit Nordisk Forlag
(Free Nordic Publishing). Includes some materials from Swedish authors reprinted in Danish.
Physical location: Del Norte.
Languages:
Danish, English, German
None.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
[Item description], World War II Danish Resistance Literature Collection. Bernath Mss 161. Department of Special Collections,
Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Purchase, 2004.
Germany invaded neutral Denmark on April 9, 1940 as part of
Operation Weserübung, the plan for attacks on Denmark and Norway. After Denmark's surrender, Germany established a protectorate government. The
Danish public became increasingly resistant to the German occupation as time wore on and on Aug. 29, 1943 the Germans dissolved
the Danish government and instituted martial law. Denmark was liberated by British forces on May 5, 1945.
Scope and Content of Collection
Pamphlets, flyers, joke books, poetry, song sheet music, and other printed materials produced in resistance to the Nazi occupation
of Denmark, as well as a few items from collaborationist groups. All materials are in Danish unless otherwise noted, although
some have German or English titles. Most published by Frit Nordisk Forlag (Free Nordic Publishing). Includes some materials
from Swedish authors reprinted in Danish. Arranged alphabetically by title.
Abbreviations of common publishers:
- FNF = Frit Nordisk Forlag = Free Nordic Publishing
- SCF = Skipper Clements Forlag
- SE = Studenternes Efteretningstjeneste = Students' Intelligence
- TAF = Trods Alt Forlag
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Denmark.
Denmark--History--German occupation, 1940-1945