I've heard that another unusual thing with the Jewish evacuation to Sweden, was that almost everyone who eventually chose to return, came back and found their homes as they left them. Unlike some other countries where people who returned found their homes robbed, and/or that other people had moved in.

@andreasottohansen7338

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, garden's maintained, stuff like that.

@johndododoe1411

2 жыл бұрын

Not all of them. Some found their apartments leased to new tenants and many belongings lost in the process.

@Karl-Benny

2 жыл бұрын

Same with the 60.000 children sent from Finland to Sweden came back unmolested unlike the children from England

@CONEHEADDK

2 жыл бұрын

@@johndododoe1411 Just guessing, but maybe in the citys it would be "impossible" to avoid, while in the small towns everybody knew, what was going on, and they could also use the gardens to grow food - win win.

@kewsoner7924

2 жыл бұрын

That is a fact!

I'm deeply impressed w your knowledge of danish history. I hope you have as much fun researching for it as I have watching this. Thank you 🙏 for loving my country.

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Aw Stine, this is such a sweet message. We do love doing the research and adding learning more about Denmark and Danish history. It also really helps in understanding aspects of culture too. So many traits and traditions are rooted in the history that's new to us, but helps us to form a better understanding 😀🇩🇰❤

@Alice1apple

2 жыл бұрын

Ehh, you pick most of this up from general danish internet culture and or/history channels

@RealElTaco

2 жыл бұрын

But Danmark gave norway away to sweden so not the best idea ever

@gustavmarkfoged4765

2 жыл бұрын

@@RealElTaco true why the fuck did we give away norway and while on the topic of things that used to danish give us back skåne

@b.v.nielsen8714

Жыл бұрын

@@gustavmarkfoged4765 We didn't really had a choice regarding Norway. About Skåne: Many danes demands Skåne back, and believe it or not, many swedes would love to give it back. The problem is, that no danes nor swedes actually understand what they are saying in Skåne, so it's uncertain where THEY want to go.

The Danish culture people on the German side of the border also decided to air their duvets on the hedges on 5th June (Danish Constitution day). The duvets happened to be woven in stripes - white and red.

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Oh that's really cool to learn of - thanks Tine! Wish we knew before, we would have added that fact :)

@tineditmarunnerup9513

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobeTrotting Also: For it to be a proper Sønderjysk Kaffebord it should have "Syv slags kage, syv slags småkager og syv slags fyldebrød" which roughly translates to "Seven types of cake, seven types of cookies and seven types of (filling) bread". My grandmother was born in Haderslev in 1896 (then German city) with a dad who was a typesetter on the Danish newspaper. He taught his kids to read and write Danish. The learned German in school. At the age of 18 she tried to cross the border to Denmark, but was caught and sent back. Two weeks later she did it again and succeeded. On Keiser Wilhelm's birthday all the German kids would wear their Sunday best - the Danish kids would wear their oldest clothes. Clean, but patched. Haderslev is Danish today.

@mememe733

2 жыл бұрын

@@tineditmarunnerup9513 tak for dine historier 😊 Ved du om der var en særlig mening med de 3x7 kager/brød?

@sandramatras8345

2 жыл бұрын

@@mememe733 jeg mener det simpelthen handlede om at der skulle være så mange ting som muligt, så man havde en undskyldning for at være samlet så længe som muligt. Det ville jo være uhøfligt ikke at smage på det hele - og det tager tid at spise sig igennem så meget...😁

@OmmerSyssel

2 жыл бұрын

@@sandramatras8345 pjat, det handlede om at, også den tids, kvinder ønskede at prale med hvor dygtige og velhavende de var. Derfor udviklede kaffebordet sig så voldsomt..

Great video, guys! My grandparents were part of the Resistance and helped transport the Jewish population from where they were hiding, to their half-way house, to the boats along the northern coast of Sjælland... I have always been so proud of them, bc of this gigantic undertaking 💗 hello from Hundested 🌸🌱

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

That's so cool, and such a powerful legacy to pass on. We learn about the evacuation of the Danish Jewish population in middle school and read a book about a Danish Jewish family. So people around the world know about your grandparents :)

Concerning the rescue of the Danish Jews, physicist Niels Bohr played a key role in convincing the Swedish King to guarantee their safety in Sweden, via his friendship with Swedish actress and superstar of the time Greta Garbo. It sounds like the unbelievable plot of a Hollywood film she could have been in, but it's all 100% true.

@ingeabrahamsen4684

2 жыл бұрын

That's interesting. And something I would like to look further into , I was not aware that Bohr and Garbo even had a connection. And if the rescue of all the danish jews really was orchestrated by them, it's an act that should be more publicly known. Not because their efforts counted more, than all the anonymous fishermens that risked their lives sailing their countrymen to safety. Or the many nameless people that silently offeret them a hidingplace until they could be transported into safety. But because, they used their influence in a way that thousands of lives were ultimately saved.

@OmmerSyssel

2 жыл бұрын

@@ingeabrahamsen4684 don't believe that story. Bohr was half Jewish and had to escape, or the Nazis would force him to use his exceptional knowledge to create their atomic bomb.

@Sigart

Жыл бұрын

@@OmmerSyssel I... I don't know how this is any argument for why the story couldn't be true or how it in any way takes away from the importance.

Moving to Denmark tomorrow! I have watched lots of your videos and I found all of them very useful. Wish me luck!

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

That's so awesome! Good luck in your move, we hope you love it here as much as we do. Please reach out if you have any questions or need anything! 😀🇩🇰

@iberiksoderblom

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to Denmark 🙂

@andersjjensen

2 жыл бұрын

Cool! Where are you going to live?

@vrenak

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck, where are you moving from? sorry about the difficult language.

@mace8873

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to Denmark then, hope you'll like it here.🙂

regarding the evacuation of the Danish Jews. The German Navy was at all keen to have troubles in Denmark - one reason being that Danish agriculture fed a lot of Germans. Another reason might also be that they knew the way the war was going, and figured that there might be a reckoning coming. So the German patrol vessels were particularly inefficient in stopping and investigating the fishing boats. Another fun fact about Carlsberg. Carlsberg made a huge fund (or is it a foundation) to support the sciences. As part of that, the company build an honorary home to the greatest Danish scientist Niels Bohr. A villa situated on the grounds in Valby. As a nice bonus, the villa came with a tap in the kitchen connected to the brewery. So it was beer ad litium for him.

@johndododoe1411

2 жыл бұрын

Bonus fact 1: The Carlsberg and Tuborg foundations were given most of the shares in those breweries, and still own a lot of it, so the profit from every beer bought still contributes to the foundation through their ownership. Bonus fact 2: Before the nazi party was founded, Carlsberg's official logo was the swastika, and it is still present on some of their old buildings. I still wonder what beer they drank when founding that party...

The sønderjysk kaffebord even has a specific number of cakes if you really get into it: 21 cakes. (7 bløde 7 sprøde 7 med fløde) its a fantastic tradition I myself as a cakeloving Sønderjyde enjoy :-)

@egyptianwerewolf1466

2 жыл бұрын

A fellow sønderjyde!! :D

@DNA350ppm

2 жыл бұрын

I want to know more about it, recipes, names and such, of the baked delicacies!

@alexsnderjylland3394

Жыл бұрын

Nice

I have no idea how i found your channel but i am happy i did, as a Dane watching my country through your eyes teaches me a lot more than i thought, please keep making these videos, not only to teach others but also to teach us Danes. Love the work yall have done, very late, but, welcome to Denmark, you are both amazing people, thanks for being you :)

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you found us - and thank you for your kind words! It really motivated us to keep making videos reading such sweet comments like yours. We love living here and calling Denmark our home, so it's our pleasure highlighting Denmark and Danish history/culture 😀🇩🇰

And also, even the Jews taken by the Nazis weren't all screwed. The Danish officials and the Danish Red Cross kept a strict eye on them. They sent care packages with clothes, food, and medicine while ensuring they were never transported from Theresienstadt, even though it was a waystation to the death camps. Then, at the end of the war, the Danish government cooperated with the Swedish Red Cross to bring all Nordic prisoners, amongst them the Danish Jews, back safely from the concentration camps on a swarm of white buses. If you google White Buses or Folke Bernadotte (a Swedish count in charge of the operation) you can read more about it. In all only 51 Danish Jews perished in the Shoah, mostly elderly and babies, meaning more than 99% of Danish Jews survived the Nazis. Denmark is listed by the Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous Among Nations, an honour bestowed on people who did something extraordinary to help the Jews during the Shoah. Only a handful of Danes are actually named on the list because the resistance movement insisted on being named only as a collective since it was a collective effort. Besides, most Danes couldn't be verifiably named anyway, since no names were given in the process so that the Jews wouldn't be able to endanger their helpers should they be caught. The fishermen took some fairly steep fees for doing the crossing but spontaneous collections were made among the resistance, the general population, the officials, and even the King of Denmark, to help cover those fees so the Jews could get out safely. Those who indebted themselves or had to sell all their heirlooms etc to raise the money for the trip were later compensated by the Danish government by a law passed that also meant that they received compensation for the property etc. they'd lost so they could re-establish themselves when they came back. A lot of Jewish children were left behind because they were too young and many fishermen didn't dare bring them in case the boat was stopped and the crying of a child would expose the dangerous cargo. So they were fostered by Danish couples and taken well care of until their parents could return for them. I read an account of a young woman who had to flee a few days after giving birth and being forced to leave her baby with a Danish couple. All in all, it's a pretty amazing story and something that actually makes me very proud to be a Dane. A lot of people, both then and now, are very disparaging about Denmark's surrender on the 9th of April 1945, Churchill even going so far as to call Denmark Hitler's pet canary, but it's exactly what enabled us to keep more than 99% of our Jews safe, as the *only* country invaded by Hitler, and also meant that the Danish population as a whole made it through WWII fairly safe. It also enabled us to give the Allied forces some of the best intel possible, something Churchill also admitted. Putting up a real fight that day would only have resulted in heavy casualties, we'd still have been occupied and we most likely would not have been in a situation to do what we ended up doing for our Jewish neighbours and friends. If you're interested in a bit of popular culture about this story Lars Lilholt has written a beautiful song called Bådene sejler over Øresund (the boats are sailing over Øresund) with music by Jascha Richter. There's actually a really good version available on KZread with DR Underholdningsorkestret as backing. There are also several movies and books about it. One of the more curious is a movie called The Only Way, which stars Danish classic actors such as Helle Virkner, Ebbe Rode, Ove Sprogøe, Benny Hansen, Bjørn Watt-Boolsen, Jens Okking, Jørn Buckhøj, and Claus Ryskjær, many of those actors also starring in Matador, the quintessential Danish TV show where this subject is also touched on briefly (and a show I *highly* recommend, btw, available for free on DR's website). The big surprise on the cast list, though, and the reason this movie is in English, is a 19-year-old Jane Seymour. It's a pretty good movie, actually, and also available in full length on KZread. It's quite a strange experience to hear those very distinct and easily recognisable voices speaking English, though. Strange but nice.

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, we learned about Theresienstadt in the research for this and didn’t know about that before. Thanks for adding this, we tried to keep it a little more brief but may want to do a full video on the resistance movement and include this detail there.

@WitchyGeek

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobeTrotting This particular story has always been a bit of a special interest of mine and lately Jews and Judaism in general. And info dumping is one of the official neurodivergent love languages so I hope you don't mind when I info dump all over your comments on various videos, it's just because I like them a lot 😂 And I figured it would be nice details to add in the comment section since there wouldn't have been room for almost anything else, if you'd added it all in the video 😆 A whole video about this would actually be quite awesome! I'd be happy to help with info, if you need it 😄 and there's actually a Jewish museum in Copenhagen you could check out, if you want. I'd actually really like to go but unfortunately I don't get to Copenhagen very often and when I do it's usually for a specific thing. Like the last time I was there was for the goodbye concert of one of my favourite bands when they disbanded so not really any chances for museum trips, too. I've actually been to Theresienstadt myself, about 20something years ago. I was on a bus tour in the Czech Republic with my father and one of the stops was Theresienstadt. It's still a chillingly clear memory for me and that wasn't even one of the "bad" camps, as part of it's purpose was propaganda to show how nice they were to the Jews they deported. I especially remember standing in the cell that housed Gavrilo Princip, the young man who started WWI and caused 90 years of warfare and unrest when he shot Archduke Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, a very small, windowless cell and hearing the tour guide say that up to 19 prisoners at a time were kept in there during WWII. I've read accounts from many Danish Jews who felt guilty because they were taken so much better care of than Jews from other countries. They were very popular in the camp because naturally they shared what they got in the care packages with the others because it was something they could do to help ease the suffering. If you do a video on it there are a few points I would like you to consider. First, don't use the word "saved". Danes made an insane effort to help our Jews but they were very much active participants in this whole operation, not just passive parcels being passed around. Like I mentioned in my previous comment, many of them actually managed to raise the money for the crossing and arrange their own escape, by no means a small feat. The fee could be as high as 1.000 kr pr person, which is about 22.250 kr in today's money, meaning a family of 4 would have to raise the equivalent of about 89.000 kr. This is why the law was passed after the war that ensured compensation to these families, as well as compensating all of them for their lost homes and such. So please be mindful of your wording when talking about this. Also, when talking specifically about the Jews and the Endlösung der Judenfrage (the Final Solution to the Jewish Question) the term Shoah is more correct than Holocaust. It's the Hebrew term for it and it means calamity or catastrophy. Holocaust is derived from a Greek word meaning "a completely (holos) burnt (kaustos) sacrificial offering," or "a burnt sacrifice offered to a god" and it is usually used to describe the whole of what went on in the camps, both the attempted extermination of the Jews and the Romani, the imprisonment and execution of homosexuals, the handicapped, political enemies, Soviet prisoners of war, the medical experimentation, the forced labour, etc. The Shoah (or HaShoah, ha- being the equivalent of the), as well as the Final Solution and Endlösung, refers specifically to the attempted extermination of the Jewish people. So when discussing events related specifically to Jews, Shoah is a more correct term than Holocaust.

@WitchyGeek

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobeTrotting Oh, and also! There is a myth that the Danish King wore the Star of David. He never did, but that was because it was never required of the Danish Jews. It was one of the things the government absolutely refused to implement along with stripping Jews of various civil rights. The few antisemitic hate crimes that occurred were actually punished fairly harshly by the courts. We do, however, have his diary where he makes it very clear that it was his intention to wear the Star and encourage the general population to do likewise. But by the time things came to a head in 1944 and the government resigned the Nazis decided to skip the Star and go straight for deportation instead so it never became relevant. This is the passage from his diary, English translation follows after the Danish: "Naar man saa den umenneskelige Behandling, Jøderne var Genstand for ikke blot i Tyskland, men ogsaa i de besatte Lande, begyndte man at være ængstelig for, at Kravet ogsaa en Gang blev stillet os, men det maatte vi pure afvise som følge af disses Retsstilling inden for Grundloven. Jeg udtalte, at jeg heller ikke vilde gaa med til et saadant Krav overfor danske Statsborgere. Hvis et saadant Krav rejstes, imødegik vi det bedst ved, at vi alle anlagde Davidsstjernen." "When one saw the inhuman treatment which the Jews were subjected to, not only in Germany but also in the occupied countries, one began to be anxious that the demand should also be made of us, but we would have to refuse it point blank because of their legal position within the Constitution. I stated that I would not agree to such a demand of Danish citizens. If such a demand was made, we would best meet it by all of us adopting the Star of David."

@Bella-xf5xo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@Tobiasxdful

2 жыл бұрын

Also, following the liberation of Denmark, Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery described the intelligence gathered, by the resistance and plain clothed navy and army officers, in Denmark as "second to none".

My paternal grandfather was one of the fishermen sailing jews to Sweden. We still have his resistance armband and nazi issued fishing permit.

@GarmrsBarking

2 жыл бұрын

i can't say my grandfather did that but he was one of the first to rescue people from the burning buildings around the French school after it was mistakenly bombed by the British...

Loved this video ❤️ funny, informative and actually boosting my national pride. Who knew you could feel proud being called passive aggressive 😂 Well done guys! Looking forward to the next video about McDonald vs Danmark 😊

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!! Haha, and passive aggressive in *only* the best way!

Hi guys, I live in Roswell, GA and LOVE your video clips. If I were younger, I would be living in Copenhagen right now. My oldest daughter and I fell in love with Copenhagen when we visited there in Sept/Oct 2018. The weather was absolutely beautiful. It only rained a couple of times and it was more like a heavy mist. I'm an autumn/winter lover and love cozy rainy days, so the "gray days" didn't bother me at all. We have a lot of rain here in Georgia, so I've got the hygge thing down. 😄☕📚🕯 One of the places my oldest daughter and I visited was Carlsberg Brewery. What an amazing, historic place. Everyone who visits Copenhagen needs to experience it! We loved the taste of Carlsberg beer. (I've been buying it at my local grocery store ever since.) One of the highlights was visiting the beautiful draft horses at the Carlsberg stables. 🐎❤🐎 ❤🐎 We were there for almost an hour! One of the horses, named Aksel, had the most soulful brown eyes and peered at me from under his thick, caramel-colored forelock. He made that sweet, soft whinny sound as I stroked his mane. 💞 I honestly thought about taking him back home with me. We have a lot of horse farms around us here in Roswell. 😉 Anyway, when you talked about Carlsberg Brewery, it brought back so many warm memories of our visit there and I had to share some of them with you. Lastly, in your video of 5/25/2021, I recognized that park. My daughter and I walked under the same beautiful weeping willows, It was our favorite park. It made me want to jump on the next plane to Copenhagen. There's just something magical in the air there. It's such a charming place. One of my favorite memories is when my daughter and I were walking on a busy street and it started to pour. It didn't deter the Danes. There they were on their bikes, peddling past us at a furious pace - SMILING - as the rain dripped off their noses! 🇩🇰❤🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️🌧🌫

@lenellesunboxings6795

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, if I were younger and had the proper trade...I would be in dk too

@tiamia7139

2 жыл бұрын

@@lenellesunboxings6795 If only I were younger! I turned 71 this year. I have a degree in early childhood education and Psychology, so I could have taught there. I absolutely fell in love with Copenhagen, its natural, pristine beauty, its warm, kind people - the whole vibe there.🤗 ❤🇩🇰

Going to Copenhagen for the first time this summer to visit our exchange student we hosted a few years ago! Love the videos!

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Oh that's so cool - enjoy your trip, it's a wonderful city and definitely explore some other Danish towns and cities if you have the time 🇩🇰😀

@Allieslaysss

2 жыл бұрын

Are there any that you’d recommend? She is putting together a list😅

@Akkolon

2 жыл бұрын

@@Allieslaysss If you are based in Copenhagen for your stay it would be easy to go to towns like Helsingør (Kronborg as featured in Hamlet), Fredensborg (The Queens summer residence), Hillerød (with the beautiful Frederiksborg castle) and Roskilde (Vikingship museum and the church where kings and queens since Harald Bluetooth lay buried). Also if you come at wintertime you can come see me patrolling the coast with a large stick :)

@Allieslaysss

2 жыл бұрын

@@Akkolon thank you!

My grandmother was smuggling jews to Sweden. So she met my grandfather, who was in the resistance. Repairing guns the alliance hade droped by paracute. Some of them broke when landing and ge had a mechanic shop with his brother. It's a little bit strange to think about, IF that scrapnel had killed the little moustasche man in WWI, I wouldn't be. My grandparents would probably never met.

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a great family heritage to pass on to future generations. You must be really proud of them, so lucky to have that legacy and the positive of that meeting from the war! 😀🇩🇰

Super cool lecture👍

Thank you for an interesting video 👍🏻 I do believe that we still would enforce “Mess with one of us - meet the rest of us”, even though we might be a bit separated in daily life 🤞🏻💪🏻

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

It's a beautiful legacy to pass down the generations 🇩🇰😀

@OmmerSyssel

2 жыл бұрын

That's simply romantic bullshit! I've been violently attacked several times because I don't accept any sort of criminal or dysfunctional behaviour on behalf of others! There's absolutely no one who is standing up in support, rather the opposite! So keep your lame romantic solidarity nonsense to yourself!

You Guys 😉! Totally loved it 😍 !

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙌 So glad you enjoyed this one 🇩🇰😃

My great grandma was working as a “pige I huset” (I think is housekeeper in English) in Copenhagen during the War. She told us stories about how she could hear the Nazis marching in the streets at night and how they would give children candy. My great grandma’s brothers were all part of the resistance in Jylland. Tho not much info has survived from back then and my great grandma didn’t like talking about it, bc it brought up bad memories. Tho I remember her mentioning some of them being involved in making pamphlets and them helping in sabotaging Nazi equipments, vehicles etc.

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

That's a really cool family history - ours isn't quite as interesting but it's fun to hear those stories from our older relatives, especially during the war and other major events.

@johndododoe1411

2 жыл бұрын

Note that the official oath of the resistance included forgetting everything after the war, which may explain how many claim to have forgotten that thug life. Furthermore, many surviving resistance fighters were given post war military roles that required additional secrecy. I don't know his role, but my grandfather didn't turn in his officially issued machine pistol until this century, when he was already blind and suffering from the illness that killed him.

@brostenen

2 жыл бұрын

My mothers father, was a messenger for the resistance. He also used to bring triggers for stone-guns and flyers between different groups and from the printing machines to groups.

@erikthomsen4007

2 жыл бұрын

My father's father was in the Danish resistance, but he never told much about it. I know that he learned how to use a bazooka, but I don't think that he ever talked about the tough stuff. Towards the end of the war, my mother's father was in a "meldestation", reporting interesting and suspicious German activities to some higher command. "I fought in the war with the telephone in my hand", he used to joke. But at the time, I guess it wasn't much of a joke. As with my other grandfarther, he didn't talk about details either. In the 90's, I gave him a book ("Læs og giv videre" / "Read and pass on") which is a collection of illegal Danish newspapers from WWII. He later told me, that this was the first time since the war ended, that he had read something from that time. It was quite common that members of the resistance didn't want to talk about their experiences. I guess that bravery comes with a steep price.

@CONEHEADDK

2 жыл бұрын

Cool. One of my dad's friends became part of resistance, when Hvidstengruppen was caught. Sadly I didn't know that before he was very old. If anyone sees this, and comes through Stangerum (between Randers and Hadsund) maybe they would like to stop and see the stone of memory, that he Niels Sejr Aalund, had put there. He was such a distingueshed man, that even when I was a young teen reminded me of Charlton Heston in his best roles. A hero.!

i had no idea i could legally beat swedes walking across the ice. thank you for informing me off this wonderful privilege of mine.... i will put it to good use😂😂😂

@niklashansen5289

2 жыл бұрын

Not anymore unfortunately libtards changed the law long ago..

@andvil01

2 жыл бұрын

With global warming, that will not happen any day soon. But that bridge sometimes has ice on the road...

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure! We all need to be prepared.

@Bronzescorpion

2 жыл бұрын

It is a myth. There is no proof of such law having ever existed and even if it did, newer laws would have rendered it obsolete.

@magnushansen382

2 жыл бұрын

Not really true. It's overruled by the laws of violence

Love your videos!

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Aw, thanks so much Abbi ☺️ Glad you like them!

You've outdone yourselves - Again!

I love this!! haha the hitting with the stick is so funny, didn't know this :D

I am really happy that you like it here in Denmark, and that you go that extra mile to learn about your new home 🤎

History made relevant and interesting! Congrats = very cool video!

This is your best video yet! Who knew!

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Aw, Katherine, thank you so much! We are really investing in our editing and research/writing so this means a lot. You have no idea 😃😃😃😃

Very nice

Awesome bit right there, I did not even know this about Denmark

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching 😀

I’m amazed 🤭 you know so many funny things about Denmark that I have never heard of 😄 Love your channel 👍🏻

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed this one and thank you so much. It's a lot of fun to fully research things we've heard of and it may be neat for you to know that American middle schools (at least the ones in Pennsylvania and New York that we went to) teach students about the Danish resistance and the rescue of the Danish Jewish population 🇩🇰😀

bonanza has the old Denmark History by Erik Kjersgaard, a very informative, long and detailed walk through of the danish history, from the ice age to the modern age. And bonanza also has Gamle Danmark by Paul Hammerich, which picks up and takes you through the history from about ww2 and through to the 80ies. I assume Bonanza has subs on their programs, in english, but I dont know. Gamle Danmark is such a treat and full of lovely stories, and Paul Hammerich is the voice of the Denmark I grew up in

wow, there is so much i didn´t know about my own country :-) thank you, its very interesting.

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure, Anne! So glad you enjoyed this and thank you for watching 🇩🇰😀

Thank you for yet another educational video. I had never heard about the protest pig. Good story. On the other hand I have heard the at a sønderjysk kaffebord the coffee was heavely spiked with snaps. If you droped a 10 øre coin at the bottom of the coffee cup, pour in coffee then the snaps was not suffiecient before you could see the coin.

Great history. Thank you. So funny. Kirsten

Awesome video, if i ever meet you guys ill give beers!

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

We will look forward to that for sure 🍻😃

Hey Mike and Derek. Have you guys noticed that you have begun a few videos back to say "we" & "us" when talking about Danes? Becoming real Danes? :D

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Hej Janus! We have noticed that - even in conversations with friends and family back in the States. To us, Denmark is home and we love it, even though we weren't born here. So "we" "us" "home (meaning DK)" just comes out rather subconsciously 😀🇩🇰

@andersjjensen

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobeTrotting You most certainly have the "we/us" pass by now. But if you ever adopt kids they'll be known as "the Americans" for 5-7 generations despite being born, raised and natively speaking Danish. We're funny like that :P

@carstenhansen5757

2 жыл бұрын

@@andersjjensen That's not true. If they adapt, they will be considered danish, within a few generations.

@andersjjensen

2 жыл бұрын

@@carstenhansen5757 r/wooosh

@carstenhansen5757

2 жыл бұрын

@@andersjjensen LOL, det er fair nok du ikke forstår det...

How I love that you pronounce the coffee table in the southern Danish dialect! 😄👌🏻💞

im danish myself and i absolutely love you guys

🤣🤣 Thank you for making me laugh before I got my morning coffee 🙌🏻 This video got my son to follow you 🤣

I love your videos, guys. Yes, we Danes are not to be messed with ;) Glad that you've joined "our side" :D

I literally got all hyped about the title XD Endelig nogen der snakker om lille bitte Danmark

Still love you guys 😎👌

Thank you, that video almost makes me more proud to be a Dane than the Jante Law allows! 😀🎂🍰🤗🇩🇰 Cheers and a toast to you guys, Robe Trotter! Now all the rest of us here in DK have to do is live up to this good reputation - let’s start ASAP! (How does tomorrow suit you, my countrymen???)

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Søren, and thank you so much for these kind words - we're so glad you enjoyed the video and you feel proud, Denmark has a wonderful legacy and history and we love learning more about it and sharing our experiences and reactions 😀🇩🇰🍻

@OmmerSyssel

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobeTrotting yeah right, what aren't you superficial USAmericans not LOOOOOVING or EMBRAAACING? Why do you buy his creepy superiority nonsense? 😡

Thank you for the history. I never knew. Amazing and so cool and funny. I love the stick throwing. But, now it makes total sense on why their flag means the world.

"They will cake the hell out of you" :-) Fellars, your videoes get better and better - and I love to sit back and learn about my country.

if the ice freeze over agen i can bet you that i will be the first out there to guard it. with a big stick :P

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

We're right behind you! 💪🇩🇰

I learned something new LOL, big hugs from Sjælland in Denmark 🥰💝🌹👍😁

God video og historie info

Great video. I would love to see your takes on parts of the danish entertainment industri, like comedy and music.

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Great suggestion! The main reason we get worried about those kinds of reaction videos is that there can be copyright claim problems with KZread.

@madsvindknudsen8428

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobeTrotting Makes sense. Another thing that might be relevant is the Americanization that occurred in Europe and Denmark after ww2. most danish children learn about it in school but it might still be interresting since you have talked about other parts of danish history before. Again, love your videos :D.

About beeing passive agressive during war - you should read about the song "Man binder os på hånd og mund" (Liva Weel, Poul Henningsen). It was a subtile protest song disguised as a lovesong.

I'm from Schleswig Holstein and can agree with everything

We are still waiting for the belt at Helsingør to freeze... But those ships keep breaking up the ice!

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

As long as we are ready 😂 💪

Nice video! (fun fact, the water that the Swedes crossed was actually the belts, first between Jylland and Fyn and then from Fyn to Sjælland.) I had to rewind and watch again because I was so distracted by the t-shirt Lego reenactment of Laganja's "moment".

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

YES I'm so glad someone recognized the shirt. Laganja's untucked meltdown WITH lego figures - I would have paid anything for that shirt haha. You're right, it was the belts originally to capture Fyn first and continue from there.

I love this video... wouldn't *dream* of messing with Denmark! Really interesting. Love the role the Danes and the Swedes played in safeguarding the Jewish population in WW2. Thanks so much for sharing.

I really like your videos! My question is, do you guys mostly make Danish history videos or do you also make stuff about other places??

If you are looking at McDonalds and how they shouldn't mess with Denmark, I think you should look into Toys r Us as well. They were basically outcompeted by BR Lejetøj, and Toys r Us stores in Denmark are now distributed through BR's parent company (I think that is still how it works)

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, that's really interesting - maybe we will tackle Toys R Us next - it's especially interesting because they've gone bankrupt in the States (our childhood is gone).

@mariushaakonssen

2 жыл бұрын

Im pretty sure Denmark doesnt have toys r us either anymore, when BR and toys r us went bankrupt (they were the same company) then the rights were bought by Salling Group, but I'm pretty sure Salling Group only opened BR stores afterwords

@Ernoskij

2 жыл бұрын

@@mariushaakonssen Yeah that could be, I will admit that I have not kept up with it for quite some time, but the history of it is no less interesting :)

@martinrotvig

2 жыл бұрын

Okay that’s not at all what happened. BR owned the rights to operate Toys R Us stores in Denmark, they did an awful job and went bankrupt. Somebody stepped in and saved the name BR but almost nothing else, and it’s still way too early to tell if it’s going to be profitable. Your outlook on stuff is sweet, but this is close to just plain lying.

@Ernoskij

2 жыл бұрын

@@martinrotvig How is what you are saying any different from what me and Marius are saying? BR didn't just get the rights to Toys r us, they ran them into the ground first, and then they got the rights to run the toys r us stores. Then BR went bankrupt and Salling bought the brand and is now operating the few BR stores that is left. Exactly as you just said (apart from you not having the interesting first part in your version) But please du elaborate on how what you said differs from what we said, to the point where we are practically lying, because I do not see that difference

During WW2 the Danes also expressed that they were united against the occupational forces via singing together at large gatherings. "Fællessang"

You have such a fond love of your adopted country, its unique history, and traditions. Your videos buoy my days and spirits. 😁 You both also teach me a thing or two (or three, or four, or five, or ... you get the idea) 😁 👍 Thank you, always! 👍

You Guys know more about Danish history than most Danes do 💪👍

Regarding the pig story, I seem to remember they also painted their window sashing (the wood between the glass) in red and white in silent protest

Hey u guys I like your videos and think they also have alot more content than any counter part videos... But could be very interesting if u could get a hold on a real politican too or the like with themes such as this and like interview them about what u talk about in the video too.. would be really awesome and think u can pull that off... It doesn't have to be any politican currently in the parliament could also be "older" ones ... would be fun and cool if u did .. Please consider .. I would love to see u guys do that 👍

Spetember :D 5:28. Great video though.

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

My bad lol

5:27 SPETEMBER have always been my favourite month. :-)

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

I cannot believe we didn't catch that - even made a few edits after we rendered the video and watched it at least twice before publishing it haha. Anyway, if you ever see us out - we owe you a beer for catching it - just come up and say "SPETEMBER" lol

@lassebodilsen

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobeTrotting deal 😂

I'm so proud of my great grandpa for being involved in the resistance work back then. Him and his workers at the slaughterhouse used to cycle around town on a cargo bike with guns and explosives hidden under a linnen. They were never caught 🙏

My grandpa was part of the resistance in rødekro.

My Grandfather helped providing small boats to jews and german defectors to escape across the Øresund waters to sweden. He was caught by Gestapo and tortured - then deported to a concentration Camp. He didn't get that far luckily - he was in the pickup camp of Frøslev, when Germany surrendered in May 1945.

I did not know we could beat the Swedes with that stick. I have to find myself a good stick for winter.

@mace8873

2 жыл бұрын

What!? You didn't know that!? I thought everybody knew, I thought everyone had a Swede Stick or two in their home, I inherited mine from my great-great-great-grandfather, it's about 1.5m long, as thick as my wrist, and has got a whole heap of nails hammered into one end. It's basically a Danish version of the Dutch Goedendag, I wonder if they've had problems of the Swedish kind down there as well...

"11th SPETEMBER 1943" that's a great typo :D .... sorry, couldn't help myself. Great video as usual, guys!

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Ah, damn - how'd we miss that. If you ever run into us we owe you a beer!

The protest pig? Never heard that before! A lot of factchecking is about to take place 😁

@magnushindborg

2 жыл бұрын

It's not so well known, first time I heard about it I thought it was bs, but it's TRUE lol.. not that surprised.. we are strange...

@ebbhead20

2 жыл бұрын

Jeg har vænnet mig til at når de her 2 gutter smider nogen dk facts så er der en rimelig stor chance for at de stemmer 100%. De har styr på baglandet hver gang i deres uploads. 100% legit these guys. 😉

@WitchyGeek

2 жыл бұрын

It's definitely a thing. It's pretty rare now, as far as I know, but it exists.

@wollaminfaetter

2 жыл бұрын

@@magnushindborg turning your protest into sausage, and selling it to the nazis... really is kinda Danish, now I come to think of it!

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I think they're mostly moved to zoos when they do breed these days BUT they were definitely a thing and are still around 😀🇩🇰🐖

Great video 😁 have to tell my Swedish friends about that law.

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

It's a good ice breaker (sorry - dad joke).

@vanefreja86

2 жыл бұрын

Mine too..although I suspect they already know 😅😂

my friend's father was one of those who helped them escape on his little fishing boat like many other people from southen Sweden

I’m Danish, and I had no idea the Sønderjysk kaffebord originated as a form of protest. Cool

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

It's a really cool origin 🇩🇰😀

@kristiankruse3964

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobeTrotting it was because the German state at the time were very poor. So the sønderjysk kaffebord was made by baking 21 different cakes. And the theme was red and white where ever it was possible. It served 2 purposes 1 protest as you said. 2 to show the Germans the Danish could afford sugar and not just a little.

@larsrons7937

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobeTrotting _"Don't mess with the Danes, they will _*_cake_*_ the hell out of you."_ 😂

Wow, great video! Very interesting stuff! What was the actual name of the pig breed again? And I’ve been following a little on the sideline, and the progression of your videos, acting/performance, and editing is really nice! I especially like how you guys have grown more comfortable with not smiling constantly while explaining things - makes it seem much more profound, smooth, and natural, so keep up the good work 😁

@mace8873

2 жыл бұрын

The original name of the Protest Pig is Husum Red Pied, Husum is a suburb of Copenhagen and I have no idea why it's included in the name.

@TheOneAndOnlyMedha

2 жыл бұрын

@@mace8873 nice, tak! Husum is also a middle name - I have a friend with that middle name, so maybe the original breeder’s did too

@mace8873

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheOneAndOnlyMedha That's a possibility.

I am choked, making a brewery a military target. It must be a war crime. 😁

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Quick! Protect the beer! 🍻😂

Most important reason not to mess with Denmark in Current Day... Is friends. That's not to say the Danes aren't capable but if say... Russia decided to land troops in Denmark, or Sweden they'd quickly find just about every first world country arrayed against them. Friends and old alliances... Denmark's got plenty of those. Even if in the past they haven't always been heeded.

@annestovgaard681

2 жыл бұрын

I think you are right :-) Especially scandinavia, is like brothers and sisters, we can tease each other, but we support each other in times of trouble :-)

@Sigart

2 жыл бұрын

Denmark's Super power is definitely allying with nations stronger than we are.

@GarmrsBarking

2 жыл бұрын

@@annestovgaard681 I'm pretty sure the peace between Sweden and Denmark is only temporary ... there will come a time when old grudges will resurface and we will try to exterminate each other again ...

@frederik2220

2 жыл бұрын

@@KurtFrederiksen Denmark will never sell the candy shop because the candy shop is our location. Besides greenland and the waterways that will become quite useable in the future, we are also the easiest way to the atlantic for russia and NATO won't let that go.

@Sigart

2 жыл бұрын

@@KurtFrederiksen We're very good at taking advantage of our popularity, tho. Denmark punches _way_ above our weight when it comes to international influence.

I feel very attacked! Love your RuPaul Drag Race t-shirt 😄

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

I saw that scene in Lego characters on a tee shirt and I would have emptied my bank account to have it 😂 luckily it was $20

@Queendaffy

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobeTrotting Absolutly wonderful! I'm a megafan of the show myself 😄

👍

Frømandskorpset is one of the most elite military units in the world we do military well we just dont use it like the Americans also better believe our passive aggressive ways is because its considered rude to be straight up violent and aggressive. You dont breed Vikings without aggression in their blood

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, we'd love to cover Frømandskorpset in a video.

@SethTheProphet

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobeTrotting A video featuring our small military would be interesting!

@LynxLord1991

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds great have you seen some of the videos about how tough entry into the frømandskorpset is those guys are tough

@GarmrsBarking

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobeTrotting might as well include jægerkorpset ... If frømende is the danish version of the navy seal then jægeren is the green berets...

@frederik2220

2 жыл бұрын

We have some great elite units but we don't have a great military overall. We have 14 working tanks and are low on ammunition. That isn't great.

bro saying schleswig wrong so many was trippy

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Cool ✌️ ☮️

You both come across as very knowledgeable about DK and I completely understand the challenges with tongue-twitching place names. So, while Schleiswig might sound more German to your ears, its pronouncuation is actually just Schleswig/Slesvig :-) Other than that - impressive job and thanks for the beating the Swedes with a stick-tip 😉

The cake is NOT a lie

I do not know if it has already happened - you have to see the Danish series Matador

The biggest reason not to mess with Denmark is simple, where will we get our bacon?

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

😂 True 🐖 🇩🇰

lets go im from Denmark

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Nice! France shouldn’t mess with Denmark either ⚽️ 😂

"Funny" that I've read more stories about that time under this video, than I have heard irl during my life in Denmark. Huuge thumbs up to those, who did the right things back then. Next time(?) things won't go so well, of reasons that I won't share or answer questions about here, but the most well informed will understand. Sad.

That IKEA empire across the water! 😂

Looking at me here or going to war with me. A giant Viking, should be enough to scare those outsiders:=) Ment for sjov. Dog sandt. My ancestor from Hvideslægten was there with the king as advisor when the flag fell in Estonia. Says back in our Slægtsbog and history overall.

my grandfather were there at the receiving end in helsingborg skåne(sweden) every night as the boats came in with the jewish refugrees :)

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I'm sure he had some incredible stories for you - what a fantastic legacy for you and your family 😀

@vampitwine

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobeTrotting oh yes both my sets of grandparents had alot of stories about how it was living 20 minutes away (with only öresund between) from denmark during the second world war. i have my grandmother on tape still somewhere :)

About the cake table, at least one of the cakes had to be decorated with whipped cream and some red berries or red jam, danish colours instead of the illegal flag.

Very good 👍 We are proud of our flag.. And it is a beautiful flag. Actually our flag was chosen the most beautiful flag in the world long ago🇩🇰. Thank you.

Weren't Dane's most dominant Vikings and those who would colonize , Anglia in England, Normandy in France,Kievan Ruse in Russia and many more.

@Julleisa

Ай бұрын

Yes.

It's actually an urban legend - there isn't really any evidence of that supposed law (beating Swedes with a stick). But a lot of Danes think there is!

@fastertove

Жыл бұрын

Wishful thinking, I guess :D

As to the rescue of the Jews I can recommended you reading the book "The Savage Canary" by David Lampe. It's a really thrilling tale.

Im just curious where in Copenhagen you live?

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Vesterbro

Try to look up "Operation Bøllebank" ;-)

If you mess with one from Denmark you mess with all of us we May be a little country but we can fight when it count 🇩🇰 ps and your reaction videos is really good

I'm Swedish.. *cries*

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

OH NO! You're cool - we'll walk you over and back when it freezes again LOL

@mace8873

2 жыл бұрын

It's ok, you're welcome to come on over and have a beer on me, as long as you promise to take the ferry, we're _very_ concerned about Swedes walking on our ice. Swedes not walking on our ice is a long and proud tradition, and culturally important to us, hence why it is fiercely protected by the cunning use of sticks.

I am not big on beer, but the best beer for me is Ale nr. 16 from Refsvindinge, Fyn. Better than Carlsberg, J.C Jakobsen who learned about brewing beer in Bayern, Germany. Carlsberg is named after his son Carl, and the german word " berg" meaning moutain or more likely in flat Denmark "hill". The brewery was placed near Valby bakke, quite high up for a danish city. A the time Valby and neighbouring Frederiksberg was actually in the countryside, outside Copenhagen city gate. Nørrebro, Vesterbro and Østerbro was outside the city gate and was build as the population grew larger in the center, because rual workforce left the countryside and farming, to come and work in Copenhagen. Brumleby in Østerbro, behind the biggest sockerstadium of Copenhagen, are actually build a the same time around 1850. A small community consisting of houses build by the doctors organisation for the poor to give them safe, healthy and rual housing, because there was a colera epidemic at that time in Copenhagen because of bad plumming and poor water quality. At the time Østerbro was the countryside and " brumle" is supposedly refering to the hum of grassing cows of the Fælled park ( a comunal land where everybody could let their household/farm animals out to grasse)

I am from Denmark

We actually also invented salami in only red and white to taunt the sausage eaters down south, who sausages all were ugly brownish grey..

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Love it! :)

If you want to know in detail how the Danes dealt with nazi Germany, you can read the book by Bo Lidegaard - Landsmænd. IT is also translated in English. It is fascinating how they prepared the Danes in the years leading up to WW2 en how they played a huge chess game. A lot of politicians could learn a lot.

@RobeTrotting

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a book we would both love to read! Just downloaded it on the Kindle :) Thanks for the recommendation!