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Jørgen Arboe-Rasmussen

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Jørgen Arboe-Rasmussen
Born
Jørgen Arboe-Rasmussen

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

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

Biography

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On 5 February 1945 Arboe-Rasmussen was gunned down in Café Brønnum near Kongens Nytorv.[citation needed] He was brought to the German medical clinic at Nyelandsvej where he died of his wounds the same day.[1]

After his death

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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]

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

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.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d JØRGEN ARBOE-RASMUSSEN (Memorial Stone Plaque) (in Danish). August Bournonvilles Passage 1, Copenhagen. JØRGEN ARBOE-RASMUSSEN faldt for Danmark d. 5 Februar 1945.{{cite sign}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Legater og priser" [Grants and Awards] (in Danish). The Danish Union of Journalists. Retrieved 30 November 2014.