Karl Gustav Stricker Brøndsted Explained

Karl Gustav Stricker Brøndsted
Birth Name:	Karl Gustav Stricker Brøndsted
Birth Date:	1915 12, df=y
Spouse:	Ruth Grigorow Binder (married until 1945)
Parents:	Gustav Hans Brøndsted and Frederikke Agathe née Stricker
Death Date:	^[1]
Death Place:	Ryvangen
Death Cause:	Execution by firing squad
Resting Place:	Ryvangen Memorial Park
Known For:	Executed as member of the Danish resistance movement
Website:	Web site: Modstandsdatabasen . Copenhagen . . Karl Gustav Stricker Brøndsted . Resistance Database . 2014-11-20 . da.

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

Biography

On 27 February 1945 Brøndsted and nine other resistance members were executed^[1] in Ryvangen.

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]

The following year his father published the book Derfor blev han Frihedskæmper – Til minde om Karl Gustav Stricker Brøndsted.^[3]

Notes and References

1. News: Kampen og dens Ofre . The fight and its victims . Frit Danmark . 1 March 1945 . 4 . 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. . 19 December 2014 . da.
2. Web site: Historie - Mindelunden Ryvangen . History - Ryvangen Memorial Park . Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs . 2014-11-16 . da . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129045124/http://www.mindelundenryvangen.dk/historie.html . 2014-11-29 .
3. Book: Brøndsted, Gustav . 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 . Copenhagen . 1946 . 87 pages . yes . da.