Børge Johannes Lauritsen | |
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Born | |
Died | 23 June 1944[1]
[2] | (aged 27)
Cause of death | Execution by firing squad, three shots in the chest |
Resting place | Års cemetery |
Occupation | Merchant [2] |
Known for | Executed as member of the Danish resistance movement |
Website | "Modstandsdatabasen" [Resistance Database]. Børge Johannes Lauritsen (in Danish). Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet. Retrieved 2014-12-04. |
Børge Johannes Lauritsen (22 October 1916 – 23 June 1944) was a merchant and member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power.
On 23 June 1944 Lauritsen and seven other members of the resistance were executed in Ryvangen [1] [2]
The January 1945 issue of the resistance newspaper Frit Danmark (Free Denmark) reported on the execution of the eight resistance members including Lauritsen. [2]
On 26 June 1945 Lauritsen as well as Jørgen Rydder, who was executed with him and like him born in Års, were buried in their home town.[ citation needed]
A memorial stone for Lauritsen and 90 other resistance members also exhumed in Ryvangen and buried in their respective home towns was laid down in Ryvangen Memorial Park. [1]
+ 23.6.1944 +
stud. theol. Chr. U. Hansen, Laandmaaler E. Balslev, Købmand B. Lauritsen, Købmand J. Ryder, Kleinsmed J. P. Funk Lind, Købmand M. Vestergaard Jensen, Kaptajn P. Gjessing og Mejerist H. J. Henriksen
Børge Johannes Lauritsen | |
---|---|
Born | |
Died | 23 June 1944[1]
[2] | (aged 27)
Cause of death | Execution by firing squad, three shots in the chest |
Resting place | Års cemetery |
Occupation | Merchant [2] |
Known for | Executed as member of the Danish resistance movement |
Website | "Modstandsdatabasen" [Resistance Database]. Børge Johannes Lauritsen (in Danish). Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet. Retrieved 2014-12-04. |
Børge Johannes Lauritsen (22 October 1916 – 23 June 1944) was a merchant and member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power.
On 23 June 1944 Lauritsen and seven other members of the resistance were executed in Ryvangen [1] [2]
The January 1945 issue of the resistance newspaper Frit Danmark (Free Denmark) reported on the execution of the eight resistance members including Lauritsen. [2]
On 26 June 1945 Lauritsen as well as Jørgen Rydder, who was executed with him and like him born in Års, were buried in their home town.[ citation needed]
A memorial stone for Lauritsen and 90 other resistance members also exhumed in Ryvangen and buried in their respective home towns was laid down in Ryvangen Memorial Park. [1]
+ 23.6.1944 +
stud. theol. Chr. U. Hansen, Laandmaaler E. Balslev, Købmand B. Lauritsen, Købmand J. Ryder, Kleinsmed J. P. Funk Lind, Købmand M. Vestergaard Jensen, Kaptajn P. Gjessing og Mejerist H. J. Henriksen