Børge Johannes Lauritsen

Børge Johannes Lauritsen (22 October 1916 – 23 June 1944) was a merchant and member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power.

Børge Johannes Lauritsen
Born(1916-10-22)22 October 1916[1][2][3][4]
Års[1][2][3][4]
Died23 June 1944(1944-06-23) (aged 27)[3][5][6]
Ryvangen[3][4]
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad,[3] three shots in the chest[4]
Resting placeÅrs cemetery[3][4]
OccupationMerchant[3][4][6]
Known forExecuted as member of the Danish resistance movement[3][4]
Website"Modstandsdatabasen" [Resistance Database]. Børge Johannes Lauritsen (in Danish). Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet. Retrieved 2014-12-04.

Biography

Lauritsen was born in Års on 22 October 1916 to merchant Poul Lauritsen and wife Rasmine Nielsen[3][4] and baptized at home in Års 14 November the same year.[1][2]

In 1930 Lauritsen was confirmed in Års church on the 16th Sunday after Trinity.[2]

On 23 June 1944 Lauritsen and seven other members of the resistance were executed in Ryvangen[3][5][6][7][8][9] and buried there the same day.[4]

After his death

The January 1945 issue of the resistance newspaper Frit Danmark (Free Denmark) reported on the execution of the eight resistance members including Lauritsen.[6]

On 22 June 1945 the remains of Lauritsen were found in Ryvangen and the same day an inquest in the Department of Forensic Medicine of the university of Copenhagen[3] showed that he died from three gunshot wounds in the chest.[4] The remains of at least six of the others executed with him were likewise exhumed in Ryvangen and transferred to the Department of Forensic Medicine.[3][7][8][9]

On 26 June 1945 Lauritsen as well as Jørgen Rydder, who was executed with him and like him born in Års, were buried in their home town.[3][4]

A memorial stone for Lauritsen and 90 other resistance members also exhumed in Ryvangen and buried in their respective home towns was laid down in Ryvangen Memorial Park.[5]

Memorial stone in Ryvangen for resistance members including Lauritsen

References
  1. "Fødte Mandkøn" [Born Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1915-1921 (in Danish). Års Sogn. 1916. p. 8.
  2. "Konfirmerede Drenge" [Confirmed Boys]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1927-1932 (in Danish). Års Sogn. 1930. p. 143.
  3. "Døde Mandkøn" [Deceased Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1930-1946 (in Danish). Sankt Johannes Sogn. 1945. p. 351. Død 23 Juni 1944 Ryvangen Opgravet 22 Juni 1945. Skudt. Begravet 26 Juni 1945 Aars Kirkegaard. Købmand, Ugift, 27 Aar
  4. "Døde Mandkøn" [Deceased Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1945-1949 (in Danish). Års Sogn. 1945. p. 245.
  5. Børge Johannes Lauritsen (Inscribed Stone Monument) (in Danish). Ryvangen Memorial Park. + 23.6.1944 +
  6. "23. Juni - 8 Frihedskæmpere henrettet" [23 June - 8 freedom fighters executed]. Frit Danmark (in Danish). January 1945. p. 9. Retrieved 23 November 2014. stud. theol. Chr. U. Hansen, Laandmaaler E. Balslev, Købmand B. Lauritsen, Købmand J. Ryder, Kleinsmed J. P. Funk Lind, Købmand M. Vestergaard Jensen, Kaptajn P. Gjessing og Mejerist H. J. Henriksen
  7. "Døde Mandkøn" [Deceased Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1930-1946 (in Danish). Sankt Johannes Sogn. 1945. p. 352. Død 23 Juni 1944 Ryvangen. Skudt. Begravet 30 Juni 1945 Alling Kirkegaard. Mekaniker, Ugift, 23 Aar
  8. "Døde Mandkøn" [Deceased Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1930-1946 (in Danish). Sankt Johannes Sogn. 1945. p. 365. Død 23 Juni 1944 Ryvangen. Henrettet ved Skydning. Begravet 29 August 1945 Ryvangen. Mejerist, Ugift, 24 Aar
  9. "Døde Mandkøn" [Deceased Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1930-1946 (in Danish). Sankt Johannes Sogn. 1945. p. 371. Paul Ib Gjessing. Død 23 Juni 1944 Ryvangen. Henrettet ved Skydning. Begravet 29 August 1945 Ryvangen. Skibsfører, Gift, 35 Aar
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