Residence Vesterbrogade 66 Name Kaj Kristensen Religion Church of Denmark | Occupation Vulkanisor Other names Leo Christensen | |
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Full Name Kaj Leo Kristensen Born 7 November 1917 ( 1917-11-07 ) Vraby Cause of death Execution by firing squad Known for Executed as member of the Danish resistance movement Died March 17, 1945, Ryvangen Memorial Park, Hellerup, Denmark | ||
Resting place Ryvangen Memorial Park | ||
Kaj Leo Kristensen (7 November 1917 – 17 March 1945) was a member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power.
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Biography
Kaj Leo Kristensen was born in Vraaby 7 November 1917 to land owner Ole Ferdinand Kristensen and wife Marie Elisabeth Kristensen and baptized in Vraaby church the first Sunday after Epiphany.
On 26 February 1945 Kristensen and six other members of Holger Danske were arrested by the Gestapo in Skindergade 44, Copenhagen.
On 17 March the same year Kristensen and the six others were executed in Ryvangen.
After his death
On 19 May 1945 Kristensen's remains were exhumed at Ryvangen.
On 21 Juli 1945 a memorial service was held for him in Elijah's Church.
On 29 August 1945 Kristensen 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 his remains had been recovered. Bishop Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard led the service with participation from the royal family, the government and representatives of the resistance movement.
A memorial stone marks the place of his arrest.