Museum of Danish Resistance

The Museum of Danish Resistance tells the story of the men and women who worked against the Nazis during World War II. In the museum, which is mostly underground, you’ll step into the occupation years in Denmark. Through different exhibitions you’ll see how the occupation affected the Danish people and how the resistance movement got started.

At the museum, you can become part of the Danish resistance yourself. A large digital map shows where some of the most important acts of sabotage were committed by the resistance. And you can try your own hand at printing illegal magazines, tap phone conversations, and decode the secret Enigma code of the Germans.

Looking back it might seem like an easy and clear decision to join the resistance but things weren’t so black and white at the time. Resistance activities were initially reserved to a very few. By following the stories of five different Danes, you can learn about some of the many difficult dilemmas and choices people had to make.

At the Museum of Danish Resistance, you’ll meet Musse Hartig, Jørgen Kieler, Thorkild Lund-Jensen, Karl Christensen and Henning Brøndum. Four of the five joined the resistance, while Henning Brøndum became a Nazi and joined the Peter Group. Combining her communist beliefs, motherhood and working for the resistance was a difficult line to walk for Musse Hartig.

Meanwhile student Thorkild Lund-Jensen’s resistance work forced him to go into hiding. Karl Christensen blew German-friendly factories. And Jørgen Kieler’s involvement with the armed resistance ended up having dire consequences for him.

Get your tickets to the Museum of Danish Resistance to learn all about the men and women who worked against the Nazis during WWII in Denmark. The unassuming building you can see from the street at Kastellet holds a wealth of irreplaceable artifacts. Buy your tickets now, to come and explore this part of Danish history.