Ebbe Rørdam

Ebbe Rørdam (10 January 1925 – 16 March 1945) was a member of the Danish resistance killed by the German occupying power.

Ebbe Rørdam
Born(1925-01-10)10 January 1925[1][2][3][4][5]
Hvilsager[1][2][3][4][5]
Died16 March 1945(1945-03-16) (aged 20)[3][4]
Denmark (unknown)[3][4]
Cause of deathSkull fracture[3]
Resting placeRyvangen Memorial Park[3][4]
OccupationOfficer trainee[3][4]
Known forKilled as member of the Danish resistance movement[3][4]
Website"Modstandsdatabasen" [Resistance Database]. Ebbe Rørdam (in Danish). Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet. Retrieved 2014-11-30.

Biography

Rørdam was born 10 January 1925 in Hvilsager as the second child of parish priest Johannes Holger Rørdam and wife Kirsten née Hansen[3][4][5] and baptized by his father in Hvilsager Church Sunday before Lent the same year.[1][2]

In 1939 on the first Sunday after Easter Rørdam was confirmed by his father in Torkilstrup church.[2]

On 16 March 1945 Rørdam died in connection with sabotage of an ammunition train.[3][4]

After his death

After the liberation Rørdam's remains were exhumed at Ryvangen and transferred to the Department of Forensic Medicine of the university of Copenhagen.[3]

On 14 June 1945 an inquest there showed that he died from skull fracture.[3]

On 20 July his father lead a memorial service for him in Grundtvig's Church[3][4]

On 29 August 1945 Rørdam 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 his remains had been recovered.[3] Bishop Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard led the service with participation from the royal family, the government and representatives of the resistance movement.[6]

References
  1. "Fødte Mandkøn" [Born Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1911-1940 (in Danish). Hvilsager. 1925. p. 34.
  2. "Konfirmerede Drenge" [Confirmed Boys]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1929-1947 (in Danish). Torkilstrup. 1939. p. 134.
  3. "Døde Mandkøn" [Deceased Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1942-1949 (in Danish). Bispebjerg Sogn. 1945. p. 66. Medicolegal Ligsynsatt. af 14.6.1945. Dødsaarsag: Kraniebrud. Dødsmaaden: Dræbt i Tilslutning til Sabotage paa Ammunitionstog. Ugift Officersaspirant
  4. "Døde Mandkøn" [Deceased Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1941-1949 (in Danish). Garrison Church, Copenhagen. 1945. p. 77. Dræbt under Sabotage handling 1945 16. Marts. Jordpaakastelse 1945 20 Juli Grundtvigskirken Begravet i Ryvangen. Ugift Officersaspirant. Pastor J H Rørdam
  5. Folketælling [Census] (in Danish). Hvilsager. 5 November 1925. præstebolig.
  6. "Historie - Mindelunden Ryvangen" [History - Ryvangen Memorial Park] (in Danish). Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
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