Georg Quistgaard

Georg Quistgaard
Georg Brockhoff Quistgaard
Born
Georg Brockhoff Quistgaard

(1915-02-19)19 February 1915[1]
Died20[1] or 21 May 1944(1944-05-21) (aged 29)[2]
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad,[1]
Resting placeRyvangen Memorial Park[2]
NationalityDanish
Occupation(s)Art Dealer, Translator,[citation needed] Writer[2]
Known forExecuted as member of the Danish resistance movement
SpouseEllen Johanne Nielsen (married 1938 - 1944)
Parent(s)Georg Brockhoff Quistgaard and Marie Bolette née Breyen
Website"Modstandsdatabasen" [Resistance Database]. Georg Brockhoff Quistgaard (in Danish). Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
Signature
G. B. Quistgaard

Georg Quistgaard (19 February 1915 - 20[3][1] or 21 May 1944[2]) was one of 102 members of the Danish resistance to the German occupation of Denmark in World War II who were executed following a court-martial.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d GEORG BROCKHOFF QUISTGAARD (Inscribed Stone Monument) (in Danish). Gyldenløves Høj. F. 19.2.1915 SKUDT AF TYSKERNE 20.5.1944
  2. ^ a b c d e Quistgaard, Georg (1944). Fængselsdagbog og breve [Prison Diary and Letters] (in Danish). Prefaced by Elias Bredsdorff. Copenhagen: Nyt Nordisk Forlag, Arnold Busck (published 1946). 101 pages.
  3. ^ "Døde Mandkøn" [Deceased Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1934–1950 (in Danish). Trinitatis Sogn. 1945. p. 104. 1944 - 20 Maj Henrettet ved Skydning i Ryvangen{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)