Jørgen Arboe-Rasmussen

Jørgen Arboe-Rasmussen (5 March 1925 – 5 or 6 February 1945) was a member of the Danish resistance killed by the German occupying power.

Jørgen Arboe-Rasmussen
Born
Jørgen Arboe-Rasmussen[1]

(1925-03-05)5 March 1925[1][2][3]
Amager Fælledvej 7-4th, Copenhagen[1][2][3]
Died5[4] or 6 February 1945(1945-02-06) (aged 19)[2][3]
Nyelandsvej Lazaret, Frederiksberg Hospital[2][3]
Cause of deathGunshot wounds[2][3]
Resting placeRyvangen Memorial Park[2][3]
OccupationJournalist[2][3]
Known forKilled as member of the Danish resistance movement[2][4]
Parent(s)Erik Arboe-Rasmussen and Alma Louise Amanda née Hansen Fossing[1][2][3]
Website"Modstandsdatabasen" [Resistance Database]. Jørgen Arboe-Rasmussen (in Danish). Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet. Retrieved 2014-11-30.

Biography

Arboe-Rasmussen was born 5 March 1925 to chief editor of Ekstrabladet Erik Arboe-Rasmussen and wife Alma Louise Amanda née Hansen Fossing[2][3] and baptized in Christian's church on the third Sunday after Easter the same year.[1]

On 5 February 1945 Arboe-Rasmussen was gunned down in Café Brønnum near Kongens Nytorv[3] in August Bournonvilles Passage 1 (at that time named Tordenskjoldsgade).

He was brought to the German medical clinic at Nyelandsvej where he died of his wounds the same[4] or the following day.[2][3]

After his death

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

On 27 June 1945 a memorial service was held for him in the Church of Holmen.[2][3]

On 29 August 1945 Arboe-Rasmussen 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][3][5]

A memorial plaque at August Bournonvilles Passage 1 commemorates his sacrifice for Denmark.[4]

Every year on 5 February the Danish Union of Journalists awards the memorial grant Jørgen Arboe Rasmussens Mindelegat to a journalist trainee at a provincial newspaper.[6]

References
  1. "Fødte Mandkøn" [Born Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1921-1925 (in Danish). Christians Sogn. 1925. p. 91.
  2. "Døde Mandkøn" [Deceased Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1930-1946 (in Danish). Sankt Johannes Sogn. 1945. p. 368. Død 6 Februar 1945 Lazarettet paa Nyelandsvej Opgravet i Ryvangen. Drab. Begravet 29 August 1945 Ryvangen. Journalist, Ugift, 19 Aar
  3. "Døde Mandkøn" [Deceased Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1936-1945 (in Danish). Church of Holmen. 1945. p. 197. Afdøde skudt ned paa Café Brønnum, Kongens Nytorv, d. 5. Februar, Begravet i Ryvangen
  4. JØRGEN ARBOE-RASMUSSEN (Memorial Stone Plaque) (in Danish). August Bournonvilles Passage 1, Copenhagen. JØRGEN ARBOE-RASMUSSEN faldt for Danmark d. 5 Februar 1945.CS1 maint: location (link)
  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.
  6. "Legater og priser" [Grants and Awards] (in Danish). The Danish Union of Journalists. Retrieved 30 November 2014.


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