De frie Danske

De frie Danske
TypeMonthly newspaper
FoundedDecember 1941
Ceased publication
24 May 1945
Political alignment
Non-communist
LanguageDanish
HeadquartersCopenhagen
CountryDenmark

De frie Danske (Danish: The Free Danes) was a Danish resistance newspaper published in Copenhagen about monthly from December 1941 to 24 May 1945. It was the first Danish non-communist resistance newspaper and the first to bring photographs. It was also one of the largest, with final issues reaching a circulation of 20,000. Especially notable was the June 1944 Invasion Issue titled 'The Free Danes Welcome our Allied Friends' with a four colored front-page photo of one United States and one British rifleman each in front of their national flags.

Resistance activist Edith Bonnesen contributed to the publication of the paper.

De frie Danske appears in Lois Lowry's historical novel Number the Stars.

References

  1. ↑ "Illegal Presse" [Illegal Press]. Historisk Samling fra Besættelsestiden 1940-45 (in Danish). Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Jens Nyholm (1947). "Danish underground publications". Scandinavian Studies. 19 (7): 262. JSTOR 40915662.
  3. ↑ "Tema: Illegale blade" [Theme: Illegal Papers]. Historisk Samling fra Besættelsestiden 1940-45 (in Danish). Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "De Frie Danske Byder Vore Allierede Venner Velkommen" [The Free Danes Welcome Our Allied Friends]. De frie Danske (in Danish). 11 June 1944. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Illegal Press". Resistance. Retrieved 8 May 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ↑ "Edith Bonnesen, modstandskvinde | lex.dk". Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon (in Danish). 22 April 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "Number the Stars". Shmoop. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  8. ↑ Lowry, L. (2000). Number The Stars. Collins: London. pp. 7 - 8