About 700-850 were saved.
He smuggled them to Sweden from Denmark.
7 thousand jewish people were smuggled to Sweden.
In "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry, Ellen Rosen, Annemarie's best friend, was not killed. Ellen was Jewish and the Rosens arranged for her to be smuggled to safety in Sweden just before the Nazis planned to deport all Jews.
Uncle Henrik hid the Jews in the hold of his fishing boat, covered with a false bottom. They traveled to Sweden hidden under the fish on the boat.
In the book "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry, Peter and Mama are taking the Jews, including Ellen Rosen, to Sweden to escape the Nazis during World War II. Sweden is a neutral country where they can find safety and refuge.
Ellen and her family, like many other Danish Jews, went to Sweden by boat.
99% of the non combatant jews coming to sweden survived the war.
Out of 8000 jews, more than 7000 were smuggled to Sweden. About 450 were sent to concentration camps, and none were sent to extermination camps. All in all 102 Danish Jews died during the Holocaust
Johanson called his brother-in-law Henrik and asked if it was a good day for fishing. This was a code for needing to have Jews smuggled out. He also mentioned to Henrik that they would be sending a carton of cigarettes which referred to Ellen Rosen, a friend of Annemarie's
Sweden did to help the Jews is that the Sweden risk their lives.also they let the Jews take them to another country.
Sweden created a handkerchief that the Danish Jews used for wearing off the dogs sense of smell. You have to read the book "Number the stars". It tells you all about it. The handkerchief is for fishermen only because they need it to ward off the dogs so that they don;t know that they have people on board to sail to Sweden.
During WWII, the Jewish population of Denmark helped the Jews go to Sweden, which was a neutral country during WWII.