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Bent Melchior - October 1943
Photographer:
Katia Forbert Petersen
B-Photographer:
Henrik Ibsen
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Editor:
Lise Mierca
Duration: 54:30 minutes
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Produced by: Sfinx Film/TV
Chief Rabbi of Denmark Bent Melchior (1929-2021) meets the students at Bagsværd high school and talks about his escape to Sweden during WW II.
As a 14-year-old teenager, Bent had to flee with his entire family as a result of the deportation order against the Danish Jews in October 1943.
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