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Karl Gustav Stricker Brøndsted
Born
Karl Gustav Stricker Brøndsted[1]

(1915-12-13)13 December 1915[1][2][3]
Died27 February 1945(1945-02-27) (aged 29)[2][3][4]
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad[2][3]
Resting placeRyvangen Memorial Park[2][3]
Known forExecuted as member of the Danish resistance movement[2][3][4]
SpouseRuth Grigorow Binder (married until 1945)[2]
Parent(s)Gustav Hans Brøndsted and Frederikke Agathe née Stricker[1][2]
Website"Modstandsdatabasen" [Resistance Database]. Karl Gustav Stricker Brøndsted (in Danish). Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet. Retrieved 2014-11-20.

Karl Gustav Stricker Brøndsted (13 December 1915 – 27 February 1945) was a member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power.

Biography

Brøndsted was born in Hellerup 13 December 1915 as son of teacher cand. theol. Gustav Hans Brøndsted and wife Frederikke Agathe née Stricker and baptized in Hellerup church on 5 March the following year.[1]

On 27 February 1945 Brøndsted and nine other resistance members were executed[4] in Ryvangen.[2][3]

After his death

After 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][5]

The following year his father published the book Derfor blev han Frihedskæmper – Til minde om Karl Gustav Stricker Brøndsted.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Fødte Mandkøn" [Born Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1910-1916 (in Danish). Hellerup Sogn. 1915. p. 126.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Døde Mandkøn" [Deceased Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1943-1948 (in Danish). Hellerup Sogn. 1945. p. 53. Død 1945, 27. Februar Ryvangen i København. Sk.a. 23/6 45 Kbhvn. Henrettet ved Skydning af Tyskerne. Begravelse 1945, 29. august. Mindelunden i Ryvangen{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Døde Mandkøn" [Deceased Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1941-1954 (in Danish). Ålholm Sogn. 1945. p. 32. Død 1945 27. Februar Ryvangen Dræbt ved Skydning. Københavns Skifteret den 17. Juli 1945. Begravelse 1945 17. Juli Ryvangen{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)