Svend Glendau

Svend Glendau (12 March 1910 – 27 February 1945) was a member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power.

Svend Glendau
Born
Svend Severinsen

(1910-03-12)12 March 1910[1]
Tim præstegaard, Denmark
Died27 February 1945(1945-02-27) (aged 34)[2]
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad
Resting placeRyvangen Memorial Park[3]
OccupationPoliceman[1]
Known forExecuted as member of the Danish resistance movement[2]
Parents
  • Peder Severinsen
  • Ellen Victoria Carla Nielsen
Website"Modstandsdatabasen" [Resistance Database]. Svend Glendau (in Danish). Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet. Retrieved 27 May 2015.

Biography

Glendau's membership of the resistance was betrayed to Gestapo by Jørgen Børge Axel Lorenzen, leader of the Lorenzen Group[4] and on 13 January 1945 Glendau was arrested.[1]

On 27 February 1945 Glendau and nine other resistance members were executed[2] in Ryvangen.

After his death

On 29 August 1945 Glendau 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.[5]

On 19 September 1947 a memorial wall in the Copenhagen Police Headquarters with the names of 157 policemen who lost their lives during the occupation including that of Glendau was inaugurated.[6]

Similarly a memorial plaque for Glendau was mounted at the police station in Antonigade 11.[6]

References
  1. "Modstandsdatabasen" [Resistance Database]. Svend Glendau (in Danish). Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  2. "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.
  3. "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 27 May 2015.
  4. Clement (17 August 1945). "Hipo-Gruppe, der havde Mishandling af Fanger som Speciale" [HIPO group specialized in mistreatment of prisoners]. Berlingske Tidende (in Danish).
  5. "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.
  6. "Mindetavler i Indre By" [Inner city memorial plaques]. bibliotek.kk.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 27 May 2015. Svend Glendau, 1910-1945
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