Figure 1.--The NAZIs after seizing power in Germany (1933), appropriated Jewish summer campsr, part of the wide-spread seizure of Jewish property. And Jewish children were not allowed to attend summer camps, all of which were eventually seized and operated by the Hitler Youth organization. As a result, German Jew Norbert Wollheim was involved in organizing groups of German Jewish youth to attend a summer camp (Kinder Larger) in Denmark (1935-36). The photograph here ws taken at the camp. The camp was located in Horserod (Frederiksborg). Norbert was a key figure in organising the later Kindertransport. He and his family were arrested by the Gestapo and deported to Aushwitz (1943). .

Summer camps were popular throughout Scandanavia. We have some limited information on the World War II era. Unlike World War I, Scandanavia was severely impacted by World War II. And summer camps were part of the World War II story. One of the many ways children were impacted by the War. The NAZIs after seizing power in Germany (1933), appropriated Jewish summer campsr, part of the wide-spread seizure of Jewish property. And Jewish children were not allowed to attend summer camps, all of which were eventually seized and operated by the Hitler Youth organization. As a result, German Jew Norbert Wollheim was involved in organizing groups of German Jewish youth to attend a summer camp (Kinder larger) in Denmark (1935-36). The camp was located in Horserod/Frederiksborg (figure 1). Norbert was a key figure in organising the later Kindertransport. He and his family were arrested by the Gestapo and deported to Aushwitz (1943). His family was murdered on arrival. Somehow he managed to survive the War. We note a summer camp set up for Finnish children during World War II, beginning with the Soviet Winter War invasion (1939). Both Sweden and Denmark provided assistance in caring for Finnish children during the War. After the NAZI occupation of Denmark, Danish NAZIs organized a NAZI-like youth group emulating the Hitler Youth-- the National Socialistiske Ungdom (NSU). Some of these children were sent to participate in Hitler Youth summer camps in he Reich, presumably in 1940-41 before the Allied bombing intensified. These were some boys of the small number of NAZI-oriented parents. The NAZIs had a massive summer camp effort as part of the Hitler Youth prigram.

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