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struggle4progress

(123,189 posts)
Fri May 9, 2025, 11:40 PM May 9

Two-minute silence for casualties in the Danish resistance

April 9, 1945, traffic and people stopped at noon in the middle of the road for a two-minute silence for casualties in the Danish resistance during WWII. This film shows crowds in silence at Nørreport Station in Copenhagen.




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Two-minute silence for casualties in the Danish resistance (Original Post) struggle4progress May 9 OP
With this kind of reverence in their DNA, I doubt they will be a pushover for their Greenlander citizens TSF wants Deuxcents May 9 #1
Arent the Greenlanders more kin to Native Americans and East Asians? prodigitalson May 10 #5
They are. ShazzieB May 10 #6
I'm half Danish . boonecreek May 10 #2
Thank you for sharing this. It was heartbreakingly beautiful to see. HeartsCanHope May 10 #3
I had no idea. Thank you for sharing this. PoindexterOglethorpe May 10 #4

Deuxcents

(22,249 posts)
1. With this kind of reverence in their DNA, I doubt they will be a pushover for their Greenlander citizens TSF wants
Fri May 9, 2025, 11:51 PM
May 9

ShazzieB

(20,692 posts)
6. They are.
Sat May 10, 2025, 02:00 PM
May 10

But I'm pretty sure they prefer being part of Denmark to becoming part of Schlump's America.
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boonecreek

(945 posts)
2. I'm half Danish .
Sat May 10, 2025, 12:28 AM
May 10

Also, one quarter Irish and one quarter Yorkshire English.
Not well known for just giving up.

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