Wilhelm Nellemose
Vilhelm (Wilhelm) Marius Christian Andersen Nellemose (born March 31, 1890 in Middelfart ; † November 13, 1944 in Husum-Schwesing concentration camp ) was a Danish captain and from 1932 General Secretary of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea .
Life
From 1907 Nellemose went to sea. In 1923 he, meanwhile a lieutenant captain , was seriously injured when a fog generator on board the cruiser Geiser exploded. He lost an eye and his face was disfigured. In 1924, when he was appointed captain, he took his leave of the Navy.
As a businessman in London he was honorary secretary of the Anglo-Danish Society from 1927 to 1930, from January 1927 a member of the board and co-editor of the Anglo-Danish Journal . He has been an interpreter for Denmark on several occasions during maritime law negotiations. In 1932 he went back to Denmark and became Secretary General of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) with an office in Charlottenlund Palace . The connections he had established to England during his officer career made him a suitable contact person for the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) during World War II . He was code-named R34-0 and headed a group.
In addition Nellemose was at the border crossing services involved to Sweden, he was a member of the resistance groups Dannevirke, Danks Borgervaern and the Danish secret service. In particular, he was busy locating German troops and direction finding stations across Denmark. He was arrested on February 25, 1944, imprisoned in Froeslevlejren on September 6, and transferred to Neuengamme concentration camp on September 15 . From there he came to the Husum-Schwesing branch. There he worked as a forced laborer in the construction of anti-tank trenches, the so-called Friesenwall project. He died on November 13, 1944 of starvation and dysentery (dysentery).
His body was later transferred and buried in the Gentofte cemetery in Denmark.
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- HM Rozwadowski: The sea knows no boundaries. Copenhagen 2002
- Modstandsdatabasen København, DK - Vilhelm Marius Christian Andersen Nellmose (there further literature)
- Froeslevlejrens catch card totek
- The dead of the Husum-Schwesing concentration camp, branch of the Neuengamme concentration camp in Hamburg (September - December 1944). District of North Friesland - Cultural Office and District Archives, Husum 2002
- HG Maurice: Wilhelm Nellemose 1890-1944. In: Journal Cons. Int. Explo. Mer. Vol. 15, No. 2, 1948, pp. 151-153
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nellemose, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nellemose, Wilhelm Marius Christian Andersen; Nellemose, Vilhelm Marius Christian Andersen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish Captain and Secretary General of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Middelfart |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 1944 |
| Place of death | Husum-Schwesing concentration camp |