Henning Andersen | |
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 Henning Andersen | |
| Born | Henning Andersen (1917-07-16)16 July 1917[1] Linde |
| Died | 29 June 1944(1944-06-29) (aged 26)[2] |
| Cause of death | Execution by firing squad,[1]gunshot wounds to the chest |
| Occupation | Miller[2] |
| Known for | Executed as member of theDanish resistance movement[2] |
| Spouse | (married until 1944) |
| Website | "Modstandsdatabasen" [Resistance Database].Henning Andersen (in Danish). Copenhagen:Nationalmuseet. Retrieved2014-11-20. |
Henning Andersen (16 July 1917 – 29 June 1944) was a member of theDanish resistance executed by theGerman occupying power.
In addition to being a member of theHvidsten group,[1] Andersen was also a miller.[2]
The group helped the BritishSpecial Operations Executive parachute weapons and supplies into Denmark for distribution to the resistance.
In March 1944, theGestapo made an "incredible number of arrests" including in the region ofRanders where a number of members of the Hvidsten group were arrested.[3]
The following month,De frie Danske (The Free Danes) reported that several arrestees from Hvidsten had been transferred from Randers toVestre Fængsel.[4]
On 29 June 1944, Andersen and seven other members of the Hvidsten group were executed inRyvangen.[1]
On 15 July 1944,De frie Danske reported on the execution of several members of the Hvidsten group.[5] Six months later the January 1945 issue of the resistance newspaperFrit Danmark (Free Denmark) reported that on 29 June the previous year Andersen and seven other named members of the Hvidsten group had been executed.[2]
On 10 July he was, together with the seven other executed group members, cremated atBispebjerg Cemetery.[citation needed]
In 1945 a memorial stone over the eight executed members of the Hvidsten group was raised near Hvidsten kro.[1]
Similarly, a larger memorial stone for resistance members, including the eight executed members of the Hvidsten group, has been laid down inRyvangen Memorial Park.[6]
In the 2012 Danish drama filmHvidsten Gruppen (This Life), Henning Andersen is portrayed by Janus Kim Elsig (as Janus Elsig).[7]
1944 DEN 29. JUNI
FALDT DE FOR DE TYSKE KUGLER
DYREBART ER DERES MINDE FOR DANMARK
REJST AARET 1945
Kroejer Marius Fiil med flere fra Hvidsten er blevet overført fra Randers til Vestre
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