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Jutta Graae
Jutta Regitse Pilegaard Graae (1906–1997) was a Danish bank employee who became a member of the Danish resistance during the German occupation of Denmark in World War II. After first working as a contact for the resistance worker Ebbe Munck in Stockholm, she became so deeply involved in illegal activities that she had to move to Stockholm herself in September 1943. In 1944, she moved to London, where from January 1945 she joined the Special Operations Executive. After the war, she continued to work for Danish intelligence, becoming chief archivist for the Danish Defence Intelligence Service in 1956 until her retirement in 1960. In 1947, Graae was made a member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for her service in World War II. Early life Born on 28 April 1906 in Hillerød, Jutta Regitse Pilegaard Graae was the daughter of Julius Constantin Pilegaard Graae (1876–1914) and Sigrid Christiane Sibbern Køhler (1878–1966). After completing ''realskole'', she became an assi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Resistance Movement
The Danish resistance movements ( da, Den danske modstandsbevægelse) were an underground insurgency to resist the German occupation of Denmark during World War II. Due to the initially lenient arrangements, in which the Nazi occupation authority allowed the democratic government to stay in power, the resistance movement was slower to develop effective tactics on a wide scale than in some other countries. Members of the Danish resistance movement were involved in underground activities, ranging from producing illegal publications to spying and sabotage. Major groups included the communist BOPA ( da, Borgerlige Partisaner, Civil Partisans) and Holger Danske, both based in Copenhagen. Some small resistance groups such as the Samsing Group and the Churchill Club also contributed to the sabotage effort. Resistance agents killed an estimated 400 Danish Nazis, informers and collaborators until 1944. After that date, they also killed some German nationals. In the postwar period, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edith Bonnesen
Edith Bonnesen née Andersen (1911–1992) was a Danish civil servant and member of the Danish resistance during the German occupation of Denmark in World War II. She contributed to the illegal newspaper '' De frie Danske'', worked for the Danish-Swedish Refugee Service and joined the British Special Operations Executive (SOE). Arrested but released on several occasions, she escaped from Copenhagen's Gestapo headquarters in August 1944. Benneson was awarded the King's Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom for her work in the resistance movement. Early life Born in Copenhagen on 28 September 1911, Edith Andersen was the daughter of the senior civil servant Edmund Christian Sofus Andersen (1886–1962) and Carla Vilhelmine Fliedner (1890–1928). She and her sister were brought up in a well-to-do home where they were taught to respect their country and the Danish monarchy. After completing realskole at Aurehøj Gymnasium in 1928, she trained to become an office worker. From 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
