Timeline


Just founded, the organization prepares its first major event, a dinner in honor of Danish Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag.		1963	Dr. Karl Henrik Koster and Richard Netter
Bengt Petri, Borge, Prime Minister Krag			Dr. Karl Henrik Koster and Richard Netter

	1969		Beth Israel Medical Center honors Dr. Karl Henrik Koster for his role in the valiant rescue of Danish Jews. Thanks To Scandinavia subsequently establishes a scholarship exchange between Beth Israel and Bispebjerg Hospitalin Copenhagen, where Dr. Koster worked.

Chief Judge William M. Campbell with early supporters of TTS

Thanks To Scandinavia’s Victor Borge performs A Night to Remember at Lincoln Center in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the rescue of Danish Jews.		1973

	1983		Thanks To Scandinavia reaches a $1 million endowment for “thank you” scholarships to Scandinavians.

			TTS begins the exchange of medical professionals between Denmark and the U.S.

	1989		Thanks To Scandinavia co-sponsors a conference on Rescue of Jews in Scandinavia at the University of Minnesota.

			Shimon Peres inaugurates the TTS Holst Scholarships at Hebrew University

The first TTS reunion at the U.S. Embassy in Helsinki, Finland

Thanks To Scandinavia completes the publication of a series of books about the rescue of Jews in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.		1993

	2000		Thanks To Scandinavia becomes an institute of the American Jewish Committee and hosts its first alumni reunions in Scandinavian capitals. At the end of the year, Victor Borge dies at age 91, leaving a tremednous legacy of music, humor and dedication behind.

			Richard Netter and Victor Borge with TTS scholarship recipients at a reception in New York City, 2000.

	2002		Thanks To Scandinavia introduces a scholarship in recognition of the rescue of Bulgarian Jews during the war and the friendship that Bulgaria has shown to the United States and Israel in the past decade.

Having awarded over 3000 scholarships, TTS continues strong — building friendships and celebrating the enduring lessons of a hopeful moment in history.		Today