Preben Gylche

Preben Gylche (30 January 1927 – 27 February 1945) was a member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power and son of Karl Paul Kristian Gylche.

Preben Gylche
Born(1927-01-30)30 January 1927[1][2][3][4]
Arnesvej 19-II, Brønshøj, Denmark[1][3]
Died27 February 1945(1945-02-27) (aged 18)[3][4][5]
Cause of deathExecution[3]
Resting placeRyvangen Memorial Park[3][6]
OccupationPlummer,[4] apprentice[3]
Known forExecuted as member of the Danish resistance movement[3][4][5]
Parent(s)
Website"Modstandsdatabasen" [Resistance Database]. Preben Gylche (in Danish). Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet. Retrieved 27 May 2015.

Biography

Preben Gylche was born in Arnesvej 19, Brønshøj 30 January 1927 as the second child to police detective (Danish: opdagelsesbetjent) Karl Paul Kristian Gylche and wife Merry Kirsten née Petersen and baptized in Brønshøj church the third Sunday after Trinity the same year.[1][2]

The family lived in their third floor apartment on Arnesvej 19 until 1934, where they had moved to Nordre Fasanvej 192.[7][8][9][10]

In 1937 the family moved again, to Hillerødgade 92, Copenhagen with the father supporting the family as a police detective (kriminalbetjent).[11][12][13]

On 19 September 1944 the German occupation force began their deportation of the Danish police including Gylche's 54-year-old father who within two months died in Buchenwald concentration camp.[14] This undoubtedly influenced Gylche's decision to engage in active resistance.[4]

Gylche was wounded in a firefight and arrested by Gestapo on 8 February 1945 and a court martial subsequently sentenced him to death.[4]

On 27 February 1945 Gylche and nine other resistance members were executed in Ryvangen.[3][5]

After his death

A joint memorial service was held for him and his father in Østre kapel, Bispebjerg Cemetery on 27 June 1945.[3][14]

On 29 August Gylche 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.[3][15]

Preben Gylche is named with four others who died in the resistance on a memorial plaque at one at school at Duevej 63, Frederiksberg and with six others at another school at Julius Thomsensgade 5, Frederiksberg.[16]

References
  1. "Fødte Mandkøn" [Born Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1925-1928 (in Danish). Brønshøj. 1927. p. 62. 15.
  2. Folketælling [Census] (in Danish). Copenhagen. 5 November 1930. Arnesvej 19-II.
  3. "Døde Mandkøn" [Deceased Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1933-1950 (in Danish). Ansgarkirkens Sogn. 1945. p. 79. 28. Død 27 Februar 1945 Ryvangen. Henrettet af Tyskerne. 27 Juni 1945 Jordpaakastelse i Østre Kapel, Bispebjerg Kirkegaard. Begravet 29 August 1945 i Ryparken. Ugift, Lærling, 18 Aar
  4. "Modstandsdatabasen" [Resistance Database]. Preben Gylche (in Danish). Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  5. "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.
  6. "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 31 May 2015.
  7. KTAS telefonbog [KTAS Phone Book] (PDF) (in Danish). Kjøbenhavns Telefon Aktieselskab. 1931. col. 688 – via Post & Tele Museum. Gylche C P C Statsbetj. Arnesv. 19 ... Bella 1219
  8. KTAS telefonbog [KTAS Phone Book] (PDF) (in Danish). Kjøbenhavns Telefon Aktieselskab. 1932. col. 704 – via Post & Tele Museum. Gylche C P C Statsbetj. Arnesv. 19 ... Bella 1219
  9. KTAS telefonbog [KTAS Phone Book] (PDF) (in Danish). Kjøbenhavns Telefon Aktieselskab. 1933. col. 714 – via Post & Tele Museum. Gylche C P C Statsbetj. Arnesv. 19 ... Bella 1219
  10. KTAS telefonbog [KTAS Phone Book] (PDF) (in Danish). Kjøbenhavns Telefon Aktieselskab. 1934. col. 730 – via Post & Tele Museum. Gylche C P C Statsbetj. N.Fasanv. 192 .. Taga 58 75
  11. KTAS telefonbog [KTAS Phone Book] (PDF) (in Danish). Kjøbenhavns Telefon Aktieselskab. 1935. col. 751 – via Post & Tele Museum. Gylche C P C Statsbetj. N.Fasanv. 192 .. Taga 58 75
  12. KTAS telefonbog [KTAS Phone Book] (PDF) (in Danish). Kjøbenhavns Telefon Aktieselskab. 1936. col. 777 – via Post & Tele Museum. Gylche C P C Statsbetj. N.Fasanv. 192 ....... Taga 58 75
  13. KTAS telefonbog [KTAS Phone Book] (PDF) (in Danish). Kjøbenhavns Telefon Aktieselskab. 1937. col. 802 – via Post & Tele Museum. Gylche C P C Kriminalbetj. Hillerødg. 92 ....... Taga 58 75
  14. "Døde Mandkøn" [Deceased Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1933-1950 (in Danish). Ansgarkirkens Sogn. 1945. p. 79. Død 15 November 1944 Büchenwalde. 27 Juni 1945 Jordpaakastelse i Østre Kapel, Bispebjerg Kirkegaard. Kriminalassistent. 54 Aar. Døds- og skifteretsattest er ikke udstedt
  15. "Historie - Mindelunden Ryvangen" [History - Ryvangen Memorial Park] (in Danish). Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  16. "Mindetavler på Frederiksberg" [Frederiksberg memorial plaques]. bibliotek.kk.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 31 May 2015. Preben Gylche, 1927-1945
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