Denmark: Model of possibility of nonviolence

I am always amazed by the story of Denmark. Denmark did what other allies could not do: save their country from destruction with out the loss of life. Denmark was able to rescue their Jews, their country and their citizens. The Denmark situation is unique insofar as Germany did not focus on Denmark until well into the war. Nevertheless, Denmark is a shining example of the power of NV. There is an old adage, “Any discussion of morality always comes back to Hitler.” Denmark is important, because even in the face of Hitler and the Holocaust, they were able to resist and keep most of their Jews safe through NV. It is interesting to discuss whether destruction of trains, infrastructure or other material objects, is violence? That will be the subject of a post in the future. But for now, suffice to say, nonviolence has great potential, even in a circumstance that most people say could only be responded to with violence. It is often assumed that countries could only respond to Hitler with violence. What would it like to have all of Europe respond to Hitler with nonviolence? Maybe nonviolence could have been used to prevent the war all together. If countries would be more concerned with human life and being will to use nonviolence, maybe the peace at Versailles would have been more equitable? We won’t know but it would be interesting to see how nonviolence would look on an international stage between many countries.