Search Details

Word: sorgenfri (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

After that the fog closed in, obscuring events. German sentries paced outside Sorgenfri Castle, Christian X's summer residence, near Copenhagen. Within, the Danes were told, sat an old man with time to think of the last three years and wonder. The King had said he would step down if the Cabinet yielded to German demands. The members stood firm, were now, like their King, in "protective custody." The military was in full command. Denmark, like the rest of the Festung, was occupied territory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DENMARK: The Facade Cracks | 9/6/1943 | See Source »

| 1 |