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Hi all,

In my family, there has been a story that has been passed down through generations, explaining why our Danish ancestors fled Denmark.

My Danish ancestors (who were born in 1931 / 1846 in Kolding, Denmark) were recorded to be living in Vamdrup in 1870 (via census information).

As the story goes, somewhere around this time (possibly earlier), there was either a war, or some sort of trouble in the area in which they were living. At one time, German soldiers came into the village in Vamdrup, and destroyed the village. A number of lives were lost, and a number of young men were taken to 'fight in the war' (I don't think there is any evidence to back this up).

This included my ancestors eldest son. They never saw him, or heard from him again.

In 1871, they emigrated to Australia, where they remained.

Through the research I have done, I would estimate that this would be during the Second Schleswig War, and does seem to be in area that they would have been living at the time. But I know very little about Denmark, and am interested in learn more.. Starting here.

I would love to either prove, or disprove this story. If proven, I would love to at least have an indication as to what may have happened to their son (Was he taken to fight? Was he killed?).

So I would be very interested to know - Does this sound plausible based on the time period/geographical location/actions of the soldiers? Were these soldiers even German?

Thank you!

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