I take issue with this though:
“With a few notable exceptions, Norwegians did not exactly cover themselves in glory during the Nazi occupation. Unlike their counterparts in Denmark, Norwegian gentiles made no major effort to protect their Jewish neighbors.”
Norway contributed more money and blood to the allied cause in the war than ever Denmark got even close to. Though, the antisemitism... It surely is an issue now. I had friends in college always saying when I did not want to give them my beer, “Don’t be a jew”.
I always said don’t be a Scot :P
Quite true.
However, I believe the only aspect of Norwegian resistance the author is interested in is how effectively they protected their Jewish inhabitants. About 99% of Danish Jews survived, while about 1/3 of Norwegian Jews died in the Holocaust.
Denmark was a neutral country occupied by the Germans. Their government generally cooperated with the occupiers, while resisting in some areas such as that of protecting Jews.
Norway was a conquered country, and was treated very differently and more harshly by the Germans. The wartime Norwegians had less ability to resist in the subtle ways the Danes did.