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The number of Danish policemen who died during their incarceration in the German camps varies between 81 and 90, depending on the source. Several died afterwards due to camp-related illnesses. This group is a little more difficult to delimit. According to a calculation in 1968, 131 policemen died.
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The arrest and deportation of these men is described on page 122 of "Helvede har mange navne." by Jørgen Barfod and "Fange—dog fri / en dansk politimands oplevelser i tysk fangenskab 19. September 1944 til 4. maj 1945." by Aage
Nielsen. Published in 1970. From page 94 and the following
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were in two groups, the first group was sent on 29 September, the second was transferred on 5 October 1944. On 16 December, following pressure from the Danish administration, 1604 men were transferred from
Buchenwald to
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on 9 April 1940, and the Danish cabinet decided on a policy of collaboration. This applied to all civil servants, including the entire Danish police force, which began cooperation with its German counterparts.
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Denmark's main cities on 19 September 1944. The force numbered 10,000 men in that year. 1,960 personnel were arrested and later deported to the
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The source from 1968 is quoted page 280 in "Fange—dog fri / en dansk politimands oplevelser i tysk fangenskab 19. September 1944 til 4. maj 1945." written by Aage
Nielsen. Published 1970.
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out of the German camps continued in the following months. In March and April 1945, 10,000 Danish and
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negotiated with the German authorities in
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demanded that the Danish police should protect 57 specific enterprises against sabotage from the
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