Jørgen Rydder | |
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Born | |
Died | 23 June 1944[1]
[2] | (aged 20)
Cause of death | Execution by firing squad, four shots in the chest< |
Resting place | Års cemetery |
Other names | Jørgen Ryder [2] |
Occupation(s) | Warehouse assistant,[ citation needed] Merchant [2] |
Known for | Executed as member of the Danish resistance movement |
Website | "Modstandsdatabasen" [Resistance Database]. Jørgen Rydder (in Danish). Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet. Retrieved 2014-12-04. |
Jørgen Rydder (20 September 1923 – 23 June 1944) was a merchant and member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power.
On 23 June 1944 Rydder 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 Rydder. [2]
On 22 June 1945 the remains of Rydder were found in Ryvangen.[ citation needed] On 26 June 1945 Rydder as well as Børge Johannes Lauritsen, who was executed with him and like him born in Års, were buried in their home town.[ citation needed]
A memorial stone for Rydder and 90 other resistance members also exhumed in Ryvangen and buried in their respective home towns were 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
Jørgen Rydder | |
---|---|
Born | |
Died | 23 June 1944[1]
[2] | (aged 20)
Cause of death | Execution by firing squad, four shots in the chest< |
Resting place | Års cemetery |
Other names | Jørgen Ryder [2] |
Occupation(s) | Warehouse assistant,[ citation needed] Merchant [2] |
Known for | Executed as member of the Danish resistance movement |
Website | "Modstandsdatabasen" [Resistance Database]. Jørgen Rydder (in Danish). Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet. Retrieved 2014-12-04. |
Jørgen Rydder (20 September 1923 – 23 June 1944) was a merchant and member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power.
On 23 June 1944 Rydder 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 Rydder. [2]
On 22 June 1945 the remains of Rydder were found in Ryvangen.[ citation needed] On 26 June 1945 Rydder as well as Børge Johannes Lauritsen, who was executed with him and like him born in Års, were buried in their home town.[ citation needed]
A memorial stone for Rydder and 90 other resistance members also exhumed in Ryvangen and buried in their respective home towns were 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