Preben Gylche Explained

Preben Gylche (30 January 1927 – 27 February 1945) was a member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power. He was the son of Karl Paul Kristian Gylche.

Biography

On 19 September 1944 the German occupation force began their deportation of the Danish police including Gylche's 54-year-old father who within two months died in Buchenwald concentration camp. This undoubtedly influenced Gylche's decision to engage in active resistance.^[1]

Gylche was wounded in a firefight and arrested by the Gestapo on 8 February 1945 and a court martial subsequently sentenced him to death.^[1]

On 27 February 1945 Gylche and nine other resistance members were executed in Ryvangen.^[2]

After his death

On 29 August Gylche and 105 other victims of the occupation were given a state funeral in the memorial park founded at the execution and burial site in Ryvangen where he was executed. Bishop Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard led the service with participation from the royal family, the government and representatives of the resistance movement.^{[3] [4]}

Preben Gylche is named with four others who died in the resistance on a memorial plaque at one at school at Duevej 63, Frederiksberg and with six others at another school at Julius Thomsensgade 5, Frederiksberg.^[5]

External links

• Web site: Weltkriegsopfer.de ; Kriegstote/r: Preben Gylche . weltkriegsopfer.de . 2015-05-31 . de.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Modstandsdatabasen . Copenhagen . . Preben Gylche . Resistance Database . 2015-05-31 . da .
2. 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. . 2015-05-27 . da.
3. Book: . Kirkebog . Ansgarkirkens Sogn . 1933-1950 . Døde Mandkøn . 79 . 1945 . 28 . Død 27 Februar 1945 Ryvangen. Henrettet af Tyskerne. 27 Juni 1945 Jordpaakastelse i Østre Kapel, Bispebjerg Kirkegaard. Begravet 29 August 1945 i Ryparken. Ugift, Lærling, 18 Aar . Deceased Males . Parish Register . da .
4. Web site: Historie - Mindelunden Ryvangen . History - Ryvangen Memorial Park . Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs . 2015-05-27 . da . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129045124/http://www.mindelundenryvangen.dk/historie.html . 29 November 2014 . dmy-all .
5. Web site: Mindetavler på Frederiksberg . bibliotek.kk.dk . Preben Gylche, 1927-1945 . 2015-05-31 . Frederiksberg memorial plaques . da.