ABSTRACT
Beginning with a short overview of Ghetto Theresienstadt and the various functions it held for different national groups, the focus of this chapter is the arrival and reception of the 470 inmates from Denmark. In the ghetto, hierarchy was crucial; the status of “prominent” gave people access to better living conditions. Why and how this status was granted are examined as well as what it entailed for those Danes it covered. The chapter also delves into the situation for families scattered between Theresienstadt and Sweden, and the few children who were deported alone. For some young Jews who had come to Denmark on hachscharah, deportation meant reuniting with parents or other family members they had not seen since the late 1930s.
