During World War II thousands of jews were sailed to Sweden by danish fishermen, rescuing them from beeing deported to concentration camps in Germany. About 700 jews was rescued through the port of Dragor.
Dragor under the german occupation of Denmark during World War II was described by former local archivist
Svend Jans in 1985.
Download his manuscript from here (PDF - 8 MB).
Raymond Zuschlag - grandnephew of a Dragor masterbaker - has written the story of his family in Dragor during the german occupation, with a special focus on the rescue of danish jews through the harbour of Dragor.
Download his story here (PDF - 6 MB).
English version of an exhibition in Dragor Local History Archives exhibition about the rescuing of dansih jews in October 1943.
The story of Ellen Nielsen, citizen of Dragor, who helped refugees from Dragor. [Not availible yet]