Karl Paul Kristian Gylche (30 January 1890 – 15 November 1944) was a detective of the Danish police force who died in the

Buchenwald concentration camp Buchenwald (; literally 'beech forest') was a Nazi concentration camp established on hill near Weimar, Germany, in July 1937. It was one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps within Germany's 1937 borders. Many actual or su ...

following the

deportation of the Danish police During World War II, the Danish government chose to cooperate with the Nazi occupation force. Even though this applied to the Danish police as well, many were reluctant to cooperate. As a result, a large number of members of the Danish police for ...

. He is the father of Preben Gylche and brother of

Vilhelm Gylche Vilhelm Emanuel Jakob Gylche (6 January 1888 – 18 December 1952) was a Danish track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He is the brother of Karl Paul Kristian Gylche. He was born in Copenhagen Copenhagen ...

After his death

Gylche was buried in Bispebjerg Cemetery on 19 September 1945, one year after the arrest of the Danish police.

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