In Sweden, there is a fascinating statue of a woman named Danuta Danielsson who became a hero in 1985 when she used her purse to clobber a Nazi supremacist while he marched in a rally.
What makes her statue unique among hero statues is that it captures her performing the heroic act of swinging her purse.
It’s entirely an action-shot, a big departure from the universal practice of constructing hero statues intended to portray individuals as heroes.
Danielsson’s statue isn’t about her as a person; it’s about her one specific act of courage that day.
Her mother had survived a concentration camp during World War II. Danielsson knew the horrors of the Nazi menace and took action on that April day in Sweden.
She died after jumping from Växjö’s water tower in 1988. Apparently, she regretted the whole incident and never liked the photo. Her family had to live with police protection for some time due to threats to her life.
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Wow. Sad end to her life. But this statue depicts more heroism than the new one in Times Square, I’d say.
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Those Nordic women are tough! But it is horrible that even so many years after the war, Nazis are still a danger, and that her family wasn’t safe after her enraged act. Maybe she regretted doing it, but she was doing it from the gut.
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