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Erik Briand Clausen

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Erik Briand Clausen
Born(1901-01-24)24 January 1901[1]
Died29 March 1945(1945-03-29) (aged 44)[1]
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad[1]
Resting placeBispebjerg Cemetery
OccupationFarmer
Known forExecuted as member of the Danish resistance movement
Spouse(married)
Website"Modstandsdatabasen" [Resistance Database]. Erik Briand Clausen (in Danish). Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet. Retrieved 2014-11-20.

Erik Briand Clausen (24 January 1901 – 29 March 1945) was a farmer and member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power.

As a member of the resistance Clausen participated in the reception of allied airdropped weapons in the area of Gyldenløves Høj.[1]

After the liberation Clausen's remains were exhumed at Ryvangen and transferred to the Department of Forensic Medicine of the university of Copenhagen and on 3 August 1945 reburied at Bispebjerg Cemetery.[citation needed]

Together with Georg Quistgaard and two other resistance members who fell victim to the German occupation Clausen is commemorated with a memorial stone on Gyldenløves Høj.[1]

The memorial stone on Gyldenløves Høj

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e ERIK BRIAND CLAUSEN (Inscribed Stone Monument) (in Danish). Gyldenløves Høj. F. 24.1.1901 SKUDT AF TYSKERNE 29.3.1945