Second World War 1939-1945

On 9 April 1940, the first day of Denmark's occupation, Christiansfeld was affected by the war. German troops came to the town, which led to private billeting as well as the confiscating of buildings to be used for offices and accommodation.
The Moravian's "Choir Houses" also had to provide room for the German troops. Even the church saw one of its rooms used as an office by the Germans in the last years of the war. The town's schools and the hotel were partly adapted for use by the soldiers, and later for German refugees, so teaching took place on different sites around the town.
When a state of emergency was declared on 29 August, 1943, of the town's inhabitants were taken hostage by the local occupying force composed of local sympathisers. Furthermore, the printing works were forced to print the Germans' orders to the civilian population.
A resistance movement was established amongst the town's inhabitants, which carried out important acts of sabotage against the Wehrmacht. Two of the group's members were captured by the Germans and taken to German concentration camps, whilst the rest of the group succeeded in going underground.

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