Elisabeth K571 - sailing Denmark history
Besøg museumskutteren Elisabeth K571 som ligger til kaj i Dragør Gl. Havn.
One of the few known remaining ships
Elisabeth K571 is berthed in Dragør Old Port and is one of the few known remaining ships in Denmark that participated in the transport of refugees from occupied Denmark to neutral Sweden in October 1943. It is estimated that around 700 Jewish refugees came to Sweden from Dragør.
Einar Larsen
Elisabeth's skipper, Einar Larsen, helped around 70 refugees across the strait before he himself had to flee in 1944.
Danish history
Elisabeth K571 represents an important and dramatic part of Danish history and the rescue of the Danish Jews in 1943. But the cutter's history also contains a story about a fishing culture that was once part of Dragør, but which has largely disappeared today.
A sailing cultural heritage
After Dragør Museum took over the cutter in 2003, it was restored and returned to the appearance it had when it was launched in 1941. In 2007, Dragør Museum became part of Museum Amager. Today, Elisabeth is a sailing cultural heritage and an important part of the harbor environment in Dragør Harbor.