Bent
Faurschou-Hviid
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Bent Faurschou Hviid (January 7, 1921 – October 18, 1944) was a member of the Danish
resistance group Holger Danske during World War II.
His red hair quickly gave him the nickname "Flammen" meaning
"The Flame".
According to several of his
colleagues in Holger Danske, no other
resistance member was as hated or sought by the Germans as was Faurschou Hviid.
According to Gunnar Dyrberg in the 2003 Danish documentary film With a Right to Kill
(Med ret til at dræbe), no one knows exactly how many executions The
Flame performed but rumours have it that the number is 22.
Early
life
Faurschou Hviid was born in Asserbo, Denmark on the island of Zealand
to Wilhelm Faurschou Hviid, the owner of Asserbo's Birkegården Hotel, and Marie
Louise Larsen. He also had a sister, Marie-Louise Swanstrøm and a brother cand.
mag. Jan Faurschou Hviid.
Partnership
with "Citron"
"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. Together, "Flammen" and "Citronen" formed
the most famous resistance duo in Denmark during World War II. The Germans put
on his head the highest price ever offered for any Resistance fighter. [1]
Death
On October 18, 1944, Faurschou Hviid
was having dinner with his landlady and some guests when suddenly there was a
knock on the door and a German officer demanded entry. Faurschou Hviid, who was
unarmed that evening, quickly went upstairs looking for an escape across the
roof, but he soon realised that the house was completely surrounded. With no
escape possible, he chewed on a cyanide capsule
and was dead a few seconds later. The witnesses later told of how they could
hear the German soldiers upstairs cheering at the sight of the corpse and how
the soldiers then dragged Faurschou Hviid downstairs by his feet, bumping his
head into the stairs repeatedly.
Legacy
In 1951, Faurschou Hviid was
presented, posthumously, with the US Medal of Freedom by President Harry Truman.[2][3]
In 2008, Faurschou Hviid and Schmith
became famous when the most expensive Danish film to date (as of October 2009) premiered.[4]
The title was Flame & Citron, and the film was hugely successful in terms of box office
receipts. Faurschou Hviid is played by Thure Lindhardt.
His birthday is January 7th.
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