Bent Faurschou-Hviid
Bent Faurschou Hviid (born January 7, 1921 in Asserbo, Zealand (Denmark) , † October 18, 1944 in Gentofte ) was a Danish resistance fighter in World War II who worked under the code name Flamme . He was a member of the Holger Danske group and operated together with his friend Jørgen Haagen Schmith , called Citronen .
Bent Faurschou Hviid came from North Zealand, where his family owned a hotel. When he was in Germany for his training in the 1930s, he not only got to know the conditions in Nazi Germany, but also a group of anti-fascists, which made him an opponent of Hitler and Nazi ideology. In 1943 he joined a resistance group in Holbæk , which produced leaflets and committed sabotage. In the same year he moved to Copenhagen and became active in the resistance group Holger Danske , where he also received his code name Flamme , when dyeing his blond hair inadvertently resulted in a flaming red shade.
In December 1943 his close friend and leader of the Holger Danske group, Svend Otto "John" Nielsen, was denounced to the Germans, arrested, and tortured and killed by the Gestapo . Flamme then began, in cooperation with Citronen, to liquidate people who were considered informers. The two killed eleven people together, both Germans and Danish supporters of the occupying power. Bent Faurschou Hviid became the most wanted person in Denmark.
At around 10 p.m. on the evening of October 18, 1944, Flamme was with the Bomhoff family in Gentofte when the Gestapo surrounded the house . Bent Faurschou Hviid was unarmed and had no way of escaping. He went to the first floor and poisoned himself with potassium cyanide so as not to fall into the hands of the Gestapo alive.
The incidents around flames and lemons were filmed in 2007/08 in the film Days of Wrath with Thure Lindhardt in the role of Bent Faurschou Hviid.
The Flame Fjord in Pearyland in northern Greenland was named after Bent Faurschou Hviid by Eigil Knuth .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Flammen - stikkernes værste fjende website of the National Museum of Denmark, accessed on April 20, 2012.
- ↑ Flammen og Citronens sidste kamp website of the National Museum of Denmark, accessed on April 20, 2012.
- ↑ East Greenlandic toponyms published by the Arctic Institute (.pdf)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Faurschou-Hviid, Bent |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | flame |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish resistance fighter in World War II |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 7, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Asserbo |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 1944 |
| Place of death | Gentofte |