While under Nazi occupation during World War II, what country's monarch had the entire population wear yellow Stars of David as a means of protecting the Jewish community?

Brainyblonde

The legend says that when the Germans ordered Jews in occupied Denmark to identify themselves by wearing armbands with yellow stars, King Christian X of Denmark and non-Jewish Danes thwarted the order by donning the armbands themselves. A popular version of the legend has King Christian sporting an armband as he makes his daily morning horseback ride through the streets of Copenhagen, explaining to citizens that he wears the Star of David as a demonstration of the principal that all Danes are equal. And non-Jewish Danes respond to their king's example by wearing the armband as well, thus preventing the Germans from identifying Jewish citizens and rendering the order ineffective. Although the Danes did undertake heroic efforts to shelter their Jews and help them escape from the Nazis, there is no real-life example of the actions described by this legend. Danish citizens never wore the yellow badge, nor did King Christian ever threaten to don it himself. In fact, Danish Jews never wore the yellow badge either, nor did German officials ever issue an order requiring Danish Jews to display it. http://auschwitz.dk/Denmark.htm Aug 28 04, 12:48 PM

Arpeggionist

Today the people of Denmark are all remembered at Jerusalem's main Holocaust museum, "Yad Vashem", as "righteus gentiles" who, at the risk of their own lives and reputations, saved the lives and reputations of Jews. There are two trees planted in their memory - one for the Danes as a people, and one for King Christian X, who certainly lived up to his name many times over. Aug 29 04, 6:51 AM

adolf_h

That was Denmark.Because thier king wore it even though he wasn't jewish.Oh ya, that king was good.There was a swastika flag on the top of a building because the nazis took over Denmark.So he went up to a German soldier and told him to take down the flag.But the German said no and if one of his boys tried to take it down, he would be shot.So the king said that he himself would take down the flag.Shortly the flag was removed. Jul 09 09, 12:08 PM