Edith Bonnesen | |
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 Edith Bonnesen in the early 1940s | |
| Born | Edith Andersen September 28, 1911 |
| Died | February 20, 1992 (aged 80) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Occupation(s) | civil servant, member of the Danish resistance movement |
| Awards | King's Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom |
Edith Bonnesen née Andersen (1911–1992) was a Danish civil servant and member of the Danish resistance during the German occupation of Denmark in World War II. She contributed to the illegal newspaper De frie Danske, worked for the Danish-Swedish Refugee Service and joined the British Special Operations Executive (SOE). Arrested but released on several occasions, she escaped from Copenhagen's Gestapo headquarters in August 1944.[1][2]
Bonneson was awarded the King's Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom for her work in the resistance movement.[1]
- ^ a b Birkelund, Peter. "Edith Bonnesen (1911 - 1992)" (in Danish). Kvinfo. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Edith Bonnesen" (in Danish). Gyldendal: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 9 September 2019.