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Hvidsten Group

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The Hvidsten Group (Danish: Hvidstengruppen) was a Danish resistance group during World War II named after the Hvidsten Inn between Randers and Mariager in Jutland where it was formed. [1]

36 relations: Albert Carlo Iversen, BOPA, British Army, Copenhagen, Danish Film Institute, Danish resistance movement, De frie Danske, Denmark, General strike, Gerda Fiil, Gestapo, Gudrun Fiil, Henning Andersen, Holger Danske (resistance group), Hvidsten Inn, Johan Kjær Hansen, Jutland, Kirstine Fiil, KVINFO, Mariager, Marius Fiil, Nazi Germany, Niels Ebbesen, Niels Fiil, Niels Nielsen Kjær, Normandy landings, Peder Bergenhammer Sørensen, Randers, Resistance movement, Ryvangen Memorial Park, Søren Peter Kristensen, Special Operations Executive, Svend Poulsen, This Life (film), Vestre Prison, World War II.

Albert Carlo Iversen

Albert Carlo Iversen (28 September 1895 – 29 June 1944) was a member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power.

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BOPA

BOPA (Borgerlige Partisaner, Civil Partisans) was a group of the Danish resistance movement; it was affiliated with the communists and developed after the occupation of Denmark by Nazi Germany during the Second World War.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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Copenhagen

Copenhagen (København; Hafnia) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark.

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Danish Film Institute

The Danish Film Institute (Det Danske Filminstitut) is the national Danish agency responsible for supporting and encouraging film and cinema culture, and for conserving these in the national interest.

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Danish resistance movement

The Danish resistance movements (Modstandsbevægelsen) were an underground insurgency to resist the German occupation of Denmark during World War II.

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De frie Danske

The Free Danes (De frie Danske) was a Danish resistance newspaper published in Copenhagen about monthly from December 1941 to 24 May 1945.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark), officially the Kingdom of Denmark,Kongeriget Danmark,.

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General strike

A general strike (or mass strike) is a strike action in which a substantial proportion of the total labour force in a city, region, or country participates.

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Gerda Fiil

Gerda Søvang Fiil (30 January 1927 - 26 June 1994) was a convicted member of the Danish resistance, whose father and brother were executed by the German occupying power.

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Gestapo

The Gestapo, abbreviation of Geheime Staatspolizei (Secret State Police), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe.

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Gudrun Fiil

Gudrun Fiil (18 December 1890 – 19 May 1972) was inn keeper at Hvidsten Inn and member of the Danish resistance, whose husband, son and son-in-law were executed by the German occupying power.

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Henning Andersen

Henning Andersen (16 July 1917 – 29 June 1944) was a member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power.

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Holger Danske (resistance group)

Holger Danske was a Danish resistance group during World War II.

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Hvidsten Inn

Hvidsten Inn (Hvidsten Kro) is a historic, listed inn, formerly a coaching inn located in Hvidsten between Randers and Mariager.

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Johan Kjær Hansen

Johan Kjær Hansen (7 April 1907 – 29 June 1944) was a member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power.

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Jutland

Jutland (Jylland; Jütland), also known as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula (Cimbricus Chersonesus; Den Kimbriske Halvø; Kimbrische Halbinsel), is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany.

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Kirstine Fiil

Kirstine Fiil (23 August 1918 – 25 August 1983) was a convicted member of the Danish resistance as part of the Hvidsten Group, whose husband, father and brother were executed by the German occupying power.

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KVINFO

The Danish Center for Research on Women and Gender (KVINFO) is a center that primarily aims to provide the general public with information about the results of women's studies and gender research undertaken in Denmark and internationally.

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Mariager

Mariager is a town in central Denmark with a population of 2,558 (1 January 2014), located in Mariagerfjord municipality in Region Nordjylland in Jutland.

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Marius Fiil

Marius Fiil (21 May 1893 – 29 June 1944) was the inn keeper at Hvidsten Inn and a member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler through the Nazi Party (NSDAP).

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Niels Ebbesen

Niels Ebbesen (1308 – 2 November 1340) was a Danish squire and national hero, known for his killing of Count Gerhard III.

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Niels Fiil

Niels Fiil (12 June 1920 – 29 June 1944) was a member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power.

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Niels Nielsen Kjær

Niels Nielsen Kjær (2 April 1903 – 29 June 1944) was a member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power.

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Normandy landings

The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II.

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Peder Bergenhammer Sørensen

Peder Bergenhammer Sørensen (3 June 1914 – 29 June 1944) was a member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power.

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Randers

Randers is a city in Randers Municipality, Central Denmark Region on the Jutland peninsula.

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Resistance movement

A resistance movement is an organized effort by some portion of the civil population of a country to withstand the legally established government or an occupying power and to disrupt civil order and stability.

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Ryvangen Memorial Park

Ryvangen Memorial Park (Mindelunden i Ryvangen) is a memorial park in Ryvangen officially inaugurated on 5 May 1950 to commemorate fallen members of the Danish resistance to the German occupation of Denmark during World War II.

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Søren Peter Kristensen

Søren Peter Kristensen (20 August 1887 – 29 June 1944) was a member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power.

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Special Operations Executive

The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a British World War II organisation.

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Svend Poulsen

Svend Poulsen (&ndash), also referred to as Svend Poulsen Gønge (Svend Gjönge Povlsen) was a Danish military commander in the 17th century, serving in the armies of Christian IV, Frederick III, and Christian V. He fought in the Torstenson War, Second Northern War, and the Scanian War, and led the snaphane militia in guerilla warfare against Sweden in occupied Zealand from 1658 to 1659.

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This Life (film)

This Life (Hvidsten gruppen) is a 2012 Danish drama film based on the activities of the Hvidsten Group, a Danish resistance group in World War II.

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Vestre Prison

Vestre Prison (Vestre Fængsel) is the main jail of the Danish capital, Copenhagen.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Hvidsten group, Hvidstengruppen.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hvidsten_Group

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