Hvidsten Inn ( da, Hvidsten Kro) is a historic,

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inn, formerly a

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located in Hvidsten between

Randers Randers () is a city in Randers Municipality, Central Denmark Region on the Jutland peninsula. It is Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 62,802 (as of 1 January 2022).Mariager Mariager is a town in Denmark with a population of 2,506 (1 January 2022).Marius Fiil Marius Fiil (21 May 1893 – 29 June 1944) was the inn keeper at Hvidsten Inn and a member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power. Biography Fiil was born in Hvidsten Inn on 21 May 1893 as son of its owner Niels Peder ...

who in 1893 was born in the inn as son of its owner then, Niels Pedersen (Fiil) and who was keeper of the inn from 1925 to 1944. In 1930 the residents of the Inn were the Fiil family with Marius Fiil's 72-year-old father as Inn keeper, five children and a farm hand, a maid and a manager. In 1943 Hvidsten Inn became the center for the

Hvidsten group The Hvidsten Group (Danish: ''Hvidstengruppen'') was a Danish resistance group during World War II named after the Hvidsten Inn between Randers and Mariager in Jutland where it was formed. History The Hvidsten Group became connected to the res ...

, which was part of the

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 autho ...

. The following year the

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arrested most of the group's members, including the inn keeper and his assistant son who were executed on 29 June 1944 leaving behind the widow

Gudrun Fiil Gudrun Fiil (18 December 1890 – 19 May 1972) was inn keeper at Hvidsten Inn and member of the Danish resistance, whose husband, son and son-in-law were executed by the German occupying power. Biography Gudrun Fiil was born in Gødstrup præ ...

who took over the inn. In 1945 a memorial stone over the executed members of the Hvidsten group was raised near the inn. In 1984 the Danish postal service introduced a stamp depicting Hvidsten Inn in the hand of Arne Kühlmann.

Portrayal in the media

* The 2012 Danish drama film ''Hvidsten Gruppen'' (

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) takes place in and around Hvidsten Inn.

References

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