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Danish History: Two Grandmothers Reflect on Growing up in Occupied Denmark

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I believe strongly in setting aside time to speak with our elders. Despite what we learn in history books, in class, and in movies - real stories from those we have a connection to offer the best insights into everything from the most pivotal to the most basic of historical events.

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This video is recorded in Danish. I'm not fluent, and neither of the women speak English. Your assistance is requested adding closed captions/English translations to this video to help everyone enjoy and learn from it.
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Every year the Open Air Museum outside the Danish city of Holbaek hosts a live-action re-enactment of the Nazi occupation of Denmark. Each hour becomes a year of the war and includes everything from casual nurse and solider flirtations to live air cover, armored vehicles, and even a depiction of the trench warfare on the eastern front - explosions and all.

I had the opportunity to join a Danish friend and his Great Aunt for the day. Now in her 90s, she had been in her teens during the occupation - which sparked an idea. Despite a language barrier, we wrapped up the day, returned to the house, and then sat down - joined by his Grandmother, for a chat about Danish history.

In this interview you'll join Eddi Andersen and I as these lovely women walk us through growing up in Denmark, the Occupation and what life was like both before and after it, Danish food and traditional dishes, rationing including authentic ration cards, as well as the evolution of women's rights in Denmark.
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