Erik Crone (resistance member)

Erik Crone (29 May 1919 – 27 February 1945) was a member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power.

For other people named Erik Crone, see Erik Crone (disambiguation).

Erik Crone
Erik Crone in custody
Born(1919-05-29)29 May 1919[1][2][3]
Aarhus[1][2]
Died27 February 1945(1945-02-27) (aged 25)[2][3][4]
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad[2]
Resting placeRyvangen Memorial Park[2][5]
OccupationStud.polit.[2][3]
Known forExecuted as member of the Danish resistance movement[2][4]
Website"Modstandsdatabasen" [Resistance Database]. Erik Crone (in Danish). Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet. Retrieved 27 May 2015.

Biography

Erik Crone was born in Aarhus 29 May 1919 to Captain in the artillery Gustav Crone[6] and wife Dorothy Victoria née La Cour and baptized in St. John's church in Aarhus on 18 July the same year.[1]

Crone's membership of the resistance was betrayed to Gestapo by Jørgen Børge Axel Lorenzen, leader of the infamous Lorenzen Group[7] and on 19 December 1944 Crone was arrested.[3] Lorenzen was executed in 1949 in part because of this.

On 27 February 1945 Crone and nine other resistance members were executed[4] in Ryvangen.[2]

After his death

On 23 June 1945 an inquest determined that the cause of death was ballistic trauma.[2]

On 29 August Crone 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 he was executed. Bishop Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard led the service with participation from the royal family, the government and representatives of the resistance movement.[2][8]

Erik Crone is named with 24 others who died in the resistance on a memorial plaque at the Frue Plads gate of the University of Copenhagen.[9]

References
  1. "Fødte Mandkøn" [Born Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1918-1919 (in Danish). St. John's Parish (Aarhus). 1919. p. 96. 163.CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. "Døde Mandkøn" [Deceased Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1943-1954 (in Danish). Frihavnens Sogn. 1945. p. 27. 30. Død 27 Februar 1945 Ryvangen. Medico-legal Ligsynsattest 23/6 1945. Henrettet ved Skydning. Begravet 29 August 1945 Ryvangen. Stud. polit. - Ugift, 25 Aar
  3. "Modstandsdatabasen" [Resistance Database]. Erik Crone (in Danish). Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  4. "Kampen og dens Ofre" [The fight and its victims]. Frit Danmark (in Danish). 1 March 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 27 May 2015. Og som en blodig Afslutning paa Februar Maaned, der har kostet Danmark saa mange Ofre, kommer Meddelelsen om, at Tyskerne paa den næstsidste Dag i Maaneden har henrettet 10 danske Patrioter: Erik Crone, Einar Aksel Larsen, Svend Glendau, Karl Gustav Stricker, Poul Madsen, Karl Børge Sørensen, Preben Richard Christensen, Andreas Bronislaw Wadekoloff Nielsen, Preben Gylche og Harald Christensen. Det var unge Mennesker allesammen - fra 18 til 29 Aar - som har ydet en værdifuld Indsats i den aktive Frihedskamp. Deres Minde vil leve blandt os - de har givet deres Liv for Danmarks Frihed.
  5. "Det store Gravfelt - Mindelunden Ryvangen" [The large Grave field - Ryvangen Memorial Park] (in Danish). Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  6. Politiets Registerblade [Register cards of the Police] (in Danish). Copenhagen: Københavns Stadsarkiv. 1 November 1910. Station 4 (Amager). Filmrulle 0003. Registerblad 3375. ID 108721.
  7. Clement (17 August 1945). "Hipo-Gruppe, der havde Mishandling af Fanger som Speciale" [HIPO group specialized in mistreatment of prisoners]. Berlingske Tidende (in Danish).
  8. "Historie - Mindelunden Ryvangen" [History - Ryvangen Memorial Park] (in Danish). Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
  9. "Mindetavler i Indre By" [Inner city memorial plaques]. bibliotek.kk.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 27 May 2015. Erik Crone, 1919-1945


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