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Alongside Queen Mother Helen of Romania, a queen of this nation was one of two queens to be declared Righteous Among the Nations. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this country, where the only ever mass escape from a Holocaust train took place in 1943 when members of its resistance stopped a train traveling from Mechelen (“MECK-eh-len”) using a lantern covered in red paper.
ANSWER: Belgium [or Kingdom of Belgium or Royaume de Belgique or Koninkrijk Belgie or Koenigreich Belgien]
[10e] This other country’s Jewish population was largely evacuated to Sweden and did not wear a yellow Star of David, since this country’s king Christian X supposedly threatened to wear one himself.
ANSWER: Denmark [or Kingdom of Denmark or Kongeriget Danmark]
[10m] This controversial regent of Hungary delayed the deportation of Hungary’s Jews until 1944, and then later stopped deportations after international pressure. He was forced to resign after Operation Panzerfaust.
ANSWER: Miklós Horthy (“MEEK-lohsh HOR-tee”) [or Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya; reject “Miklós Horthy, Jr.”]
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