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title: 'Denmark: Unconquered, Though Captive - The Grundtvig Church, Copenhagen'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/denmark-unconquered-though-captive-1939/
description: A stylised view of the Grundtvig Church in Copenhagen with a red Danish flag in the foreground, under the heading 'Denmark Unconquered, Though Captive'.
section: Collection
---

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[![Denmark: Unconquered, Though Captive - The Grundtvig Church, Copenhagen, 1939 Denmark poster: A stylised view](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/denmark-unconquered-though-captive-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/denmark-unconquered-though-captive-1939.jpg)

# Denmark: Unconquered, Though Captive - The Grundtvig Church, Copenhagen

A stylised view of the Grundtvig Church in Copenhagen with a red Danish flag in the foreground, under the heading 'Denmark Unconquered, Though Captive'. The tell is the transfer of the church and flag, as national symbols, onto the claim of unbroken national spirit, stated in the virtue words 'unconquered' and 'captive'.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
DENMARK
UNCONQUERED, THOUGH CAPTIVE

+ THE GRUNDTVIG CHURCH + COPENHAGEN + + +

[signature:] A.J.
```

[← 5,000 Danish Seamen Sailing for United Nations](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/denmark-5000-danish-seamen-sailing-1939/) ['Dig for Victory' (British Ministry of Agriculture poster, child with spade) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dig-for-victory-child-poster-1939/)

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