Møller was elected as a Conservative member of the Folketing and in 1928 became leader of his party, a role he still held at the beginning of the Second World War. After the German occupation of Denmark, he joined a coalition cabinet, but in October 1940, following German pressure, he was forced to resign from the government, as the German authorities felt he was too negative towards them. Three months later, in 1941, he was forced to abandon his seat in parliament altogether for the same reason. He was then instrumental in founding the underground newspaperFrit Danmark.
In 1942, Møller fled with his family to England, where he hoped to become part of a Danish government in exile. However, his most important role in London proved to be as a broadcaster for BBC Radio's Danish language service aimed at occupied Denmark. He spoke out against the Danish government's collaborative stance towards the Germans and encouraged sabotage and other resistance activities, becoming enormously popular as a result.
On 2 October 1943, an article by Christmas Møller appeared in Frit Danmark which urged all Danes to do what they could to help their Jewish fellow citizens who had gone into hiding from the Nazis' planned roundup.
John Christmas Møller speaking with OSS-officers, October 1945
After the war Møller briefly became foreign minister in the provisional government of May to November 1945. After the election of 1945 he resumed his old role as leader of the Conservative Party. He lost the election in 1947 and then resigned as party leader, partly because of the Southern Schleswig issue. He died the following year, a week after resigning his membership of the Conservative Party.[2]
john, christmas, møller, guido, usually, known, christmas, møller, april, 1894, copenhagen, april, 1948, copenhagen, danish, politician, representing, conservative, people, party, broadcasting, danish, british, broadcasting, corporation, fellow, citizens, occu. Guido Leo John Christmas Moller usually known as Christmas Moller 3 April 1894 in Copenhagen 13 April 1948 in Copenhagen was a Danish politician representing the Conservative People s Party 1 John Christmas Moller broadcasting in Danish for British Broadcasting Corporation BBC for his fellow citizens in occupied Denmark during World War II This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources John Christmas Moller news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations September 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Contents 1 Life 2 References 3 Bibliography 4 Further readingLife EditMoller was elected as a Conservative member of the Folketing and in 1928 became leader of his party a role he still held at the beginning of the Second World War After the German occupation of Denmark he joined a coalition cabinet but in October 1940 following German pressure he was forced to resign from the government as the German authorities felt he was too negative towards them Three months later in 1941 he was forced to abandon his seat in parliament altogether for the same reason He was then instrumental in founding the underground newspaper Frit Danmark In 1942 Moller fled with his family to England where he hoped to become part of a Danish government in exile However his most important role in London proved to be as a broadcaster for BBC Radio s Danish language service aimed at occupied Denmark He spoke out against the Danish government s collaborative stance towards the Germans and encouraged sabotage and other resistance activities becoming enormously popular as a result On 2 October 1943 an article by Christmas Moller appeared in Frit Danmark which urged all Danes to do what they could to help their Jewish fellow citizens who had gone into hiding from the Nazis planned roundup John Christmas Moller speaking with OSS officers October 1945 In April 1945 Moller s son was killed in action while serving in the British Army s Grenadier Guards After the war Moller briefly became foreign minister in the provisional government of May to November 1945 After the election of 1945 he resumed his old role as leader of the Conservative Party He lost the election in 1947 and then resigned as party leader partly because of the Southern Schleswig issue He died the following year a week after resigning his membership of the Conservative Party 2 His great niece Pia Christmas Moller was a member of parliament between 1987 and 2011 References Edit Hr Christmas Moller The Times 1948 04 15 J C Moeller Dies Led Free Danes 54 The New York Times 1948 04 14 Bibliography Edit Hr Christmas Moller The Times 1948 04 15 Harold Flender Rescue in Denmark Simon and Schuster New York 1963Further reading EditWilhelm Christmas Moller 1993 Christmas 1 2 Kobenhavn Gyldendal ISBN 87 00 14186 0 Political officesPreceded byVilhelm Buhl Foreign Minister of Denmark7 May 1945 7 November 1945 Succeeded byGustav RasmussenParty political officesPreceded byVictor Purschel Leader of the Conservative People s Party1928 1947 Succeeded byOle Bjorn Kraft This article about a Danish politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Christmas Moller amp oldid 1118858679, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
