Kastepisaroita, joita tihkuu taivaasta

Denmark

Approximately 8,000 Jews were living in Denmark when the Germans invaded in April 1940; approximately 1,500 were foreign immigrants not possessing Danish citizenship. The Germans delayed the implementation of the Final Solution in Denmark, both to maintain their relations with the Danish government and due to the small number of Jews living in Denmark. On October 1, 1943, the Germans began arresting Jews. Many Danes from all sectors of society helped the Jews to hide and escape by boat to Sweden. Within three weeks some 7,200 Jews had been transferred to Sweden. Almost 500 Jews were caught and deported to Theresienstadt. Thanks to  pressure from the Danish government the Jews of Denmark were not deported from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz, and were returned to Denmark before the end of the war. The Danes’ resistance to the discrimination and confinement of the Jews, the rescue of the Jews by smuggling them to Sweden, and the protection of those deported to Theresienstadt are all expressions of exceptional civic and moral responsibility during the Holocaust.

https://www.yadvashem.org/holocaust/about/fate-of-jews/western-europe.html

Rautaa ja vaskea olkoot sinun salpasi;
ja niinkuin sinun päiväsi, niin olkoon sinun voimasikin.
V M. 33: 25.

Herra siunatkoon hänen maansa
kalleimmalla kasteella, joka tulee taivaasta,
kalleimmalla, mikä tulee syvyydestä alhaalta,
kalleimmalla, minkä aurinko antaa,
kalleimmalla, minkä kuun vaiheet tuottavat,
kalleimmalla, mikä tulee ikusiten vuorien huipuilta,
kalleimmalla, mikä tulee ikikukkuloilta,
kalleimmalla, minkä maa kasvaa,
ja kaikella, mitä siinä on,
 ja mielisuosiollaan, Hän, joka pensaassa asui,
ne laskeutukoot Joosefin pään päälle,
hänen, joka on ruhtinas veljiensä joukossa.
Uljas on hänen härkiensä esikoinen...
V. M. 33 13-17.