Leaders of the four political parties in Denmark, who were invited to address a Jewish meeting on anti-Semitism, united in expressing surprise that Danish Jews should even consider the subject, pointing out that there is no anti-Semitism in the country and that its introduction is unthinkable.
Christian Moeller, leader of the Conservative party, said it is impossible for Denmark to assimilate 100,000 aliens, but the Jews are not aliens, he declared.
“No one was a better champion of Denmark than Georg Brandes, who added luster to Denmark by his writing,” the conservative leader said, adding that “Brandes was the finest stylist in the Danish language.”
The liberal leader Bro and the Radical Ragar denounced anti-Semitism as being “against civilization” and a “product of barbarism.”
Kurt Rasmussen, Socialist leader, said there is no anti-Semitism in the country, but admitted there may be anti-Semitic sentiment in certain quarters, which must be vigorously opposed, he said, if it ever shows itself in the open. Such sentiment, he declared, is mainly due to envy of Jewish initiative and capacity.
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