Karl Gustav Stricker Brøndsted (13 December 1915 – 27 February 1945) was a member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power.
Karl Gustav Stricker Brøndsted | |
|---|---|
| Born | Karl Gustav Stricker Brøndsted 13 December 1915 |
| Died | 27 February 1945 (aged 29)[1] |
| Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
| Resting place | Ryvangen Memorial Park |
| Known for | Executed as member of the Danish resistance movement[1] |
| Spouse | Ruth Grigorow Binder (married until 1945) |
| Parent(s) | Gustav Hans Brøndsted and Frederikke Agathe née Stricker |
| Website | "Modstandsdatabasen" [Resistance Database]. Karl Gustav Stricker Brøndsted (in Danish). Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet. Retrieved 2014-11-20. |
Biography
editOn 27 February 1945 Brøndsted and nine other resistance members were executed[1] in Ryvangen.
After his death
editAfter a memorial service in Hellerup church 28 August 1945 Brøndsted was the following day together with 105 other victims of the occupation given a state funeral in the memorial park founded at the execution site in Ryvangen. Bishop Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard led the service with participation from the royal family, the government and representatives of the resistance movement.[2]
The following year his father published the book Derfor blev han Frihedskæmper – Til minde om Karl Gustav Stricker Brøndsted.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Kampen og dens Ofre" [The fight and its victims]. Frit Danmark (in Danish). 1 March 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
Og som en blodig Afslutning paa Februar Maaned, der har kostet Danmark saa mange Ofre, kommer Meddelelsen om, at Tyskerne paa den næstsidste Dag i Maaneden har henrettet 10 danske Patrioter: Erik Crone, Einar Aksel Larsen, Svend Glendau, Karl Gustav Stricker, Poul Madsen, Karl Børge Sørensen, Preben Richard Christensen, Andreas Bronislaw Wadekoloff Nielsen, Preben Gylche og Harald Christensen. Det var unge Mennesker allesammen - fra 18 til 29 Aar - som har ydet en værdifuld Indsats i den aktive Frihedskamp. Deres Minde vil leve blandt os - de har givet deres Liv for Danmarks Frihed.
- ^ "Historie - Mindelunden Ryvangen" [History - Ryvangen Memorial Park] (in Danish). Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
- ^ Brøndsted, Gustav (1946). Derfor blev han Frihedskæmper – Til minde om Karl Gustav Stricker Brøndsted [That is why he became a freedom fighter - In the memory of Karl Gustav Stricker Brøndsted] (in Danish). Copenhagen. 87 pages.
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