Børge Johannes Lauritsen

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Børge Johannes Lauritsen
Born(1916-10-22)22 October 1916 [1] [2] [3] [4]
Års [1] [2] [3] [4]
Died 23 June 1944(1944-06-23) (aged 27) [3] [5] [6]
Ryvangen [3] [4]
Cause of death Execution by firing squad, [3] three shots in the chest [4]
Resting place Års cemetery [3] [4]
Occupation Merchant [3] [4] [6]
Known for Executed as member of the Danish resistance movement [3] [4]
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.

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Biography

Lauritsen was born in Års on 22 October 1916 to merchant Poul Lauritsen and wife Rasmine Nielsen [3] [4] and baptized at home in Års 14 November the same year. [1] [2]

In 1930 Lauritsen was confirmed in Års church on the 16th Sunday after Trinity. [2]

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On 23 June 1944 Lauritsen and seven other members of the resistance were executed in Ryvangen [3] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] and buried there the same day. [4]

After his death

The January 1945 issue of the resistance newspaper Frit Danmark (Free Denmark) reported on the execution of the eight resistance members including Lauritsen. [6]

On 22 June 1945 the remains of Lauritsen were found in Ryvangen and the same day an inquest in the Department of Forensic Medicine of the university of Copenhagen [3] showed that he died from three gunshot wounds in the chest. [4] The remains of at least six of the others executed with him were likewise exhumed in Ryvangen and transferred to the Department of Forensic Medicine. [3] [7] [8] [9]

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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. [3] [4]

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. [5]

Memorial stone in Ryvangen for resistance members including Lauritsen Mindelunden i Ryvangen - grave-3.jpg
Memorial stone in Ryvangen for resistance members including Lauritsen

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