Erik Briand Clausen

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

Erik Briand Clausen
Born(1901-01-24)24 January 1901[1][2]
Died29 March 1945(1945-03-29) (aged 44)[1][2]
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad[1][2]
Resting placeBispebjerg Cemetery[1]
OccupationFarmer[1]
Known forExecuted as member of the Danish resistance movement
Spouse(s)(married)[1]
Website"Modstandsdatabasen" [Resistance Database]. Erik Briand Clausen (in Danish). Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet. Retrieved 2014-11-20.

As a member of the resistance Clausen participated in the reception of allied airdropped weapons in the area of Gyldenløves Høj.[2]

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.[1]

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.[2]

The memorial stone on Gyldenløves Høj

References

  1. "Døde Mandkøn" [Deceased Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1930-1946. Sankt Johannes Sogn. 1945. p. 360. Død 29 Marts 1945 Ryvangen. Skudt. Begravet 3 August 1945 Bispebjerg Kirkegaard. Gaardejer, Gift, 44 Aar
  2. ERIK BRIAND CLAUSEN (Inscribed Stone Monument) (in Danish). Gyldenløves Høj. F. 24.1.1901 SKUDT AF TYSKERNE 29.3.1945


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