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| The Churchill Club | |
|---|---|
| Churchill-klubben | |
 The early Churchill Club and friends in front of their monastery. Back row (left to right): Eigil Astrup-Frederiksen, Helge Milo, Jens Pedersen, Knud Pedersen. Front row (left to right): unknown, Børge Ollendorff, unknown, Mogens Thomsen | |
| Leaders | Knud Pedersen |
| Dates of operation | 1941-1945 |
| Headquarters | Hospital of The Holy Ghost, Aalborg |
| Active regions | Aalborg, Denmark and surrounding cities |
| Size | 8(active members) |
| Part of | Danish resistance movement |
| Allies | RAF club |
| Opponents |  German Occupying Forces |
The Churchill Club (Danish: Churchill-klubben) was a group of eight teenage schoolboys from Aalborg Cathedral School in the north of Jutland who performed acts of sabotage against the Germans during the occupation of Denmark in the Second World War.
The Churchill Club was one of the earliest resistance groups to be formed in Denmark. Under the leadership of 16-year-old Knud Pedersen, their activities began at the end of 1941 when they began to target the German occupation forces in Aalborg to imitate the resistance of Norwegian soldiers. They succeeded in carrying out 25 acts of sabotage before they were arrested by the police in May 1942.[1] Some of those acts of sabotage included stealing weapons and destroying vehicles, blueprints, and plane parts. The boys were charged with a fine of 1,860 million kroner for the destroyed Nazi property; their sentences ranged from one and a half to five years in prison. Even during their imprisonment, some of the boys managed to escape at night to continue their sabotage activities for some time, then sneak back into their cells before sunrise.[2]
- ^ Per Eilstrup, Lars Lindeberg (1969), De så de ske under Besættelsen. Gå til modstand. Forlaget Union. Copenhagen.
- ^ "Fængselstiden". Churchill-klubben. Archived from the original on 25 March 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2008.