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Danish resistance fighters during the liberation days
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Find relatives

In our resistance database, you can search for resistance members – perhaps someone from your family? It lists nearly 100,000 Danes who took part in the resistance movement. The database is not a complete record of all resistance members, but of those who have been possible to identify. NOTE: The database is only in Danish
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Sabotage of oil tanks in Holbæk

What happend where I live?

Was sabotage committed against companies in your city? Or weapons and agents dropped? On our large, digital map of Denmark you can delve into where the most important industrial sabotage actions against Danish companies took place. And you can also see where all the drops of weapons and allied agents took place. It is possible to zoom in on the street names of the sabotage actions and to see the coordinates of the drops. NOTE: The database is only in Danish.
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Resistance fighters fleeing German shelling

The Occupation in Pictures

The Museum of Danish Resistance has a digital photo database with more than 90,000 images from the occupation period. It also includes videos. You are free to explore the many images from that time. NOTE: The database is only in Danish
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Here you can also delve into the history

Find Danes in allied service

In our database, you can find Danes who worked for the Allies during the occupation.

For example, this may include Danish seafarers who sailed under an Allied flag, and Danes who enlisted for military service in the Allied forces. NOTE: The database is only in Danish

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Dive into the documents

The Museum of Danish Resistance has a large database with many different documents from the occupation period – ranging from letters and audio recordings to memoirs and official documents.

Some of the documents are available digitally when you are logged in with your NemID. Others exist only in physical form and can be viewed by appointment with our archive staff. NOTE: The database is only in Danish

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Find prisoners in the Frøslev Camp

Are you looking for someone who was interned in the Frøslev Camp? Then take a look here. NOTE: The database is only in Danish

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Contact our archive

Our archives are open for visits, but only by appointment.

You can contact us at [email protected]. Expect a waiting time of 1–2 months.

If you have an item from the occupation that you would like to donate to the museum, please write to [email protected] to arrange the details.