Hermann Møller Boye

Hermann Møller Boye (5 July 1913 – 12 June 1944) was a member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power.

Hermann Møller Boye
Hermann Møller Boye
Born
Herman Møller Boye[1]

(1913-07-05)5 July 1913[1][2][3][4]
Rolpested, Marstal[1][2][4]
Died12 June 1944(1944-06-12) (aged 30)[2][3][4]
Ryvangen[2]
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad[2]
Resting placeRyvangen Memorial Park[2]
OccupationMunicipal Teacher[2][3][4]
Known forExecuted as member of the Danish resistance movement[2][4]
Parent(s)Herman Møller Boye and Maren née Rasmussen[1][2]
Website"Modstandsdatabasen" [Resistance Database]. Hermann Møller Boye (in Danish). Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet. Retrieved 2014-11-30.

Biography

Boye was born 5 July 1913 in Marstal to shipmaster Herman Møller Boye and wife Maren née Rasmussen[2] and baptized Herman Møller Boye in Marstal's church on the ninth Sunday after Trinity the same year.[1]

In 1935 Boye graduated as a teacher from Nørre Nissum Seminarium and from that year he was a teacher until 1944.[4]

On June 12, 1944 Boye was executed in Ryvangen[2][3] by the Gestapo.[4]

After his death

After the liberation Boye's remains were exhumed at Ryvangen and transferred to the Department of Forensic Medicine of the university of Copenhagen.[2]

On 29 August 1945 Boye 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. Bishop Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard led the service with participation from the royal family, the government and representatives of the resistance movement.[2][5]

Herman Møller Boye's grave in Ryvangen Memorial Park

A memorial plaque at Nørre Nissum Seminarium where he graduated as a teacher commemorates his sacrifice for Denmark.[4]

References
  1. "Fødte Mandkøn" [Born Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1906-1933 (in Danish). Marstal Landsogn. 1913. p. 68.
  2. "Døde Mandkøn" [Deceased Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1930-1946 (in Danish). Sankt Johannes Sogn. 1945. p. 365. Herman Møller Boye. Død 12 Juni 1944 Ryvangen. Henrettet ved Skydning. Begravet 29 August 1945 Ryvangen. Lærer, 30 Aar
  3. HERMAN MØLLER BOYE (Tomb Stone) (in Danish). Ryvangen Memorial Park. KOMMUNELÆRER 5 JULI 1913 12 JUNI 1944 KÆMP FOR SANDHEDEN INDTIL DØDEN OG GUD HERREN SKAL STRIDE FOR DIG
  4. HERMAN M. BOYE (Memorial Stone Plaque) (in Danish). Nørre Nissum Seminarium. FØDT I MARSTAL 5 JULI 1913 DIM. NR. NISSUM SEMINARIUM 1935 LÆRER I SØNDERBORG 1935-1944 HENRETTET AF GESTAPO 12 JUNI 1944 KÆMP FOR SANDHEDEN INDTIL DØDEN OG GUD HERREN SKAL STRIDE FOR DIG
  5. "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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