Hartvig Klittegaard
Hartvig Klittegaard (* 1887 , † 1965 ) was a Danish police captain .
After the end of the Second World War, Klittegaard worked unpaid for a nationwide church register on German soldiers and refugees who had died in Denmark. He carefully examined cemetery by cemetery and the associated church registers in order to collect information on almost all burials of German and Allies.
Honors
- 1953: Cross of Merit (Steckkreuz) of the Federal Republic of Germany
literature
- Henrik Havrehed: De Tyske flygtninge i Danmark 1945–1949 , Odense Universitetsforlag, Odense, 1987, p. 216.
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| SURNAME | Klittegaard, Hartvig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish police captain |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1887 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1965 |