Mussolini or resistance?

Discover Kaj Munk's evolution from fascination with Mussolini to the nationalistic reflections that made him a symbol of Denmark's resistance.

"Kaj Munk". A name that can spark debate. A debate that Kaj Munk himself led in drama, journalism and sermons until January 4, 1944, when he was murdered by Nazi henchmen.

Kaj Munk was a man of his time. But he is also timeless. While the author Munk wrote plays that still stand as great classics of Danish drama, the journalist wrote opinion pieces for the times.

From fascination with the strong man to resistance

Kaj Munk was not a man of democracy. He wanted a strong leader and preferred to celebrate the royal family rather than the Constitution. In his youth, Munk saw hope in Italy's fascist leader Benito Mussolini. When Mussolini started the same persecution of Jews in Italy as Hitler did in Germany and Austria, Munk spoke out against Nazism.

When German troops occupied Denmark, Kaj Munk believed that the Danes had not fought enough. Through lectures, poems and plays, he spoke out against the occupying forces, so much so that it cost him his life on January 4, 1944.

In the exhibition at Kaj Munks Præstegård you can learn more about the poet-priest who went from Mussolini to resistance. You are in quiet West Jutland, but you feel the Europe of the 1930s, and you experience the world war through Kaj Munk's words. Get up close to the fascination of 'the strong man' and take a stand against the Resistance.

Kaj Munk dared to speak out against the occupying forces. Step up to the podium. What do you dare to say?

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