Bent faurschou hviid biography of christopher

Bent Faurschou Hviid was born in in Asserbo, Denmark, on the island of Zealand to Marie Louise Larsen and Wilhelm Faurschou Hviid.

Many nations have legends which say that a hero will return to save the day at a time when he or she is most needed. The story, which may have its roots in the story of a Viking hero named Oddgeir, tells us of an almost invincible hero who will save Denmark from peril. Holger Danske, the resistance group, took part in all sorts of underground activities during the war: sabotage, intelligence gathering, communicating with the Allies, and carrying out assassinations.

Like many of the other nations conquered by Germany, Denmark had its share of collaborators.

Bent Faurschou Hviid (7 January – 18 October ) was a member of the Danish resistance group Holger Danske during World War II. He was quickly named "Flammen" (meaning "The Flame"), for his red hair.

Hitler believed that the Danes, being so close to Germany and with such a small population, would be eager to toe the Nazi line. It did mean generally that those organizations trod a bit more lightly than in, for example, Poland. When the Germans began rounding up the Jews in Denmark, Danes of all political stripes organized a flotilla that managed to get the vast majority of Danish Jews to neutral Sweden.

When the Germans outlawed unions, persecuted communists and leading politicians took over newspapers, and the Danes began to form resistance cells. Unfortunately, many Danes sided with the Germans. A few thousand young men volunteered for the Waffen SS and fought at the front for Hitler. Others collaborated politically. Many of the pre-war Danish Nazis joined the police, helping the Gestapo track down those opposed to Hitlerism.

It was these collaborators that Holger Danske hated the most and who were their targets for assassination. Farschou-Hviid got his nickname from his bright red hair, which he seldom hid — he wanted collaborators to know what was coming. Flame was the son of a wealthy hotel owner and was a rebel from a young age.