Between 60 and 80 Danish Jews, who could not escape by boat across the Oyrasund to Sweden, clung to the ceiling of Gilleleje church, because the next day they were to escape by boat. But on the night of October 7, 1943, the Gestapo surrounded the church and found the Jews and took them away.
Jógvan Julius Joensen was among the few locals who experienced this event and it filled him a lot. He was also involved in the resistance movement and, li…
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Between 60 and 80 Danish Jews, who could not escape by boat across the Oyrasund to Sweden, clung to the ceiling of Gilleleje church, because the next day they were to escape by boat. But on the night of October 7, 1943, the Gestapo surrounded the church and found the Jews and took them away.
Jógvan Julius Joensen was among the few locals who experienced this event and it filled him a lot. He was also involved in the resistance movement and, li…