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Bent Faurschou Hviid was a member of the Danish resistance group Holger Danske during the German occupation of Denmark. He was quickly named "Flammen" (meaning "The Flame") for his red hair. Bent and was 20 when the Germans occupied Denmark. He entered the Holger Danske resistance group in Copenhagen. He was assigned to kill Danish Nazi officials and collaborators. "Flammen" regularly partnered with "Citronen" whose real name was Jørgen Haagen Schmith. "Citronen" means "the lemon". Schmith got this nickname because he sabotaged a Citroën garage, destroying six German cars and a tank. He generally drove for Flammen, who executed their given targets. Together, Flammen and Citronen formed the most famous resistance duo in Denmark during World War II. The Germans put the highest bounty on Flammen's head that they offered for any Resistance fighter. On 18 October 1944, Faurschou Hviid was having dinner with his landlady and some guests when someone knocked at the door and a German officer demanded entry. Faurschou Hviid, who was unarmed that evening, quickly went upstairs seeking to escape across the roof. He soon realised that the house was completely surrounded. With no escape possible, he chewed a cyanide capsule and was dead a few seconds later. Bent Faurschou Hviid partner Jørgen Haagen Schmith. Was killed 3 days earlier on the 15 October 1944. In a firefight were he faced off against a overwhelming force of German soldiers, taking 11 Germans soldiers with him before he was killed. |
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| Author | Julius Jääskeläinen |
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