Unsicherheiten und Repressalien: Zur Dynamik und Radikalisierung der deutschen Politik in Dänemark 1943-1945

Henrik Lundtofte, Martin Göllnitz

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Abstract

Due to its special status and peaceful occupation policy, Denmark was long regarded as a “model protectorate” of the Nazi regime during World War II. This did not change until the end of 1943, when a wave of sabotage and strikes led to the resignation of the Danish government and the German occupying power responded to the ongoing attacks by the Danish resistance with a new security policy. Assassinations and acts of sabotage were now retaliated against in the same way. Given this context, the article examines the background and the establishment of the so-called „counter-terrorism“. At the same time, the article discusses the central consequences of this special policy of retaliation and examines the political consequences associated with the dynamics of security and insecurity.
OriginalsprogTysk
TidsskriftTotalitarismus und Demokratie. Zeitschrift für internationale Diktatur- und Freiheitsforschung
Vol/bind21
Udgave nummer1
Sider (fra-til)109-130
Antal sider22
ISSN1612-9008
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 15 jul. 2024

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