City Walk – The Occupation, Nationally and Internationally

How did English agents influence the Danish resistance during the occupation 1940-45? Hear the stories on a walking tour of Slagelse.

Museum Vestsjællands guide sets the national framework that laid the line for World War II in Europe.

On the tour around Slagelse we also gain insight into what was happening locally and how the English interest in Denmark influenced the events in Slagelse.

How much did the nice mayor Melgaard know, for example, and why did a resistance fighter from quiet Slagelse end up in Copenhagen with an English SOE agent in a bombed-out apartment? Can we even talk about the occupation from a local perspective, or is it all much more closely connected? And if so, was Slagelse actually as quiet and insignificant as first assumed?

We shake things up and look at local conditions and events through the lens through which the exhibition 'Shadow Warriors' at Slagelse Museum has been created.

The city walk is not suitable for those with walking difficulties or small children.

It is necessary to buy a ticket in advance.

Price: DKK 120

Ticket for the city tour includes a free ticket to see 'The Shadow Warriors' on a day of your choice during the museum's regular opening hours.