President Reuven Rivlin begins a state visit to Denmark today, which started with the laying of a wreath at the memorial to the Danish underground that helped save Jews in World War II.
Danish Defense Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen accompanies Rivlin at the memorial, as well as survivor Salli Besiakov, who laid a second wreath.
According to a statement from the President’s Residence, “Salli was rescued as a fifteen-year-old by the efforts of the underground. In October 1943, Salli and his family left their home for a safe house in Copenhagen. His life was saved when he was taken in a fishing boat to Sweden.”
Rivlin is quoted as saying in his meeting with Besiakov, “The determination with which the Jews of Denmark were saved moves us even today.”
He is slated to meet Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II for a private meeting later today.
President Reuven Rivlin meets Danish Defense Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen on a state visit to Denmark, October 10, 2018. (Haim Zach/GPO)
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