Mindelunden
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Mindelunden (The Memorial Grove) is a memorial park in Ryvangen in Copenhagen, Denmark.
During the Second World War, the German occupying power executed members of the Danish resistance movement on this location. After the liberation the site was converted to a cemetery and memorial park for the resistance members who were executed there. The condemned were tied to one of the "silent poles" at the end of the firing range and executed by firing squad. The three poles have since been replaced with bronze casts.
The remains of 31 Danes who died in German concentration camps are buried here. The Verandah along the eastern border of the park has 151 tombstones, one for each of 151 Danish resistance members whose remains have never been found. At the centre is a large communal plaque.
Coordinates: 55°43′32.52″N 12°34′1.50″E / 55.7257°N 12.567083°E
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