Ebbe Rørdam

Ebbe Rørdam
Born Ebbe Rørdam[1]
(1925-01-10)10 January 1925[1][2][3][4][5]
Hvilsager[1][2][3][4][5]
Died 16 March 1945(1945-03-16) (aged 20)[3][4]
Denmark (unknown)[3][4]
Cause of death Skull fracture[3]
Resting place Ryvangen Memorial Park[3][4]
Residence Nørrebrogade 18B, Copenhagen[3][4]
Occupation Officer trainee[3][4]
Known for Killed as member of the Danish resistance movement[3][4]
Religion Church of Denmark[1][2]
Spouse(s) (unmarried)[3][4]
Parent(s) Johannes Holger Rørdam and Kirsten née Hansen[1][2][3][4][5]
Website "Modstandsdatabasen" [Resistance Database]. Ebbe Rørdam (in Danish). Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet. Retrieved 2014-11-30. 

Ebbe Rørdam (10 January 1925 – 16 March 1945) was a member of the Danish resistance killed by the German occupying power.

Biography

Rørdam was born 10 January 1925 in Hvilsager as the second child of parish priest Johannes Holger Rørdam and wife Kirsten née Hansen[3][4][5] and baptized by his father in Hvilsager Church Sunday before Lent the same year.[1][2]

In 1939 on the first Sunday after Easter Rørdam was confirmed by his father in Torkilstrup church.[2]

On 16 March 1945 Rørdam died in connection with sabotage of an ammunition train.[3][4]

After his death

After the liberation Rørdam's remains were exhumed at Ryvangen and transferred to the Department of Forensic Medicine of the university of Copenhagen.[3]

On 14 June 1945 an inquest there showed that he died from skull fracture.[3]

On 20 July his father lead a memorial service for him in Grundtvig's Church[3][4]

On 29 August 1945 Rørdam 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.[3] Bishop Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard led the service with participation from the royal family, the government and representatives of the resistance movement.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Fødte Mandkøn" [Born Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1911-1940 (in Danish). Hvilsager. 1925. p. 34.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Konfirmerede Drenge" [Confirmed Boys]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1929-1947 (in Danish). Torkilstrup. 1939. p. 134.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Døde Mandkøn" [Deceased Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1942-1949 (in Danish). Bispebjerg Sogn. 1945. p. 66. Medicolegal Ligsynsatt. af 14.6.1945. Dødsaarsag: Kraniebrud. Dødsmaaden: Dræbt i Tilslutning til Sabotage paa Ammunitionstog. Ugift Officersaspirant
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Døde Mandkøn" [Deceased Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1941-1949 (in Danish). Garrison Church, Copenhagen. 1945. p. 77. Dræbt under Sabotage handling 1945 16. Marts. Jordpaakastelse 1945 20 Juli Grundtvigskirken Begravet i Ryvangen. Ugift Officersaspirant. Pastor J H Rørdam
  5. 1 2 3 4 Folketælling [Census] (in Danish). Hvilsager. 5 November 1925. præstebolig.
  6. ↑ "Historie - Mindelunden Ryvangen" [History - Ryvangen Memorial Park] (in Danish). Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
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