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Kim Malthe-Bruun (8 July 1923 – 6 April 1945) was a Canadian-born seaman and a member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power. == Biography == He was born in Edmonton, Canada and baptized in St. George's church.〔 At the age of nine, Kim, his six-year-old sister Ruth, and his mother moved back to Denmark where she was originally from. He grew up a peasant, but by the time he was seventeen, he had become a merchant seaman. When Nazi Germany invaded Denmark, he joined the Danish resistance movement at the age of 21. He used his skills as a sailor to transport arms for the resistance. On 19 December 1944, Kim was arrested by the Gestapo in an apartment on Classen Street with two friends. He was unarmed and carrying his own identification papers. He was sent to the Vestre Fængsel Prison soon after his arrest. The first cell he stayed in was Cell 252, in the German Section. On 15 January 1945 he received royal permission to change his name to Kim Malthe-Bruun.〔 On Wednesday, 21 February, Kim was sent to the Police Headquarters for questioning. He did not return to Vestre until Wednesday, 28 February. The next day he was placed in solitary confinement and forbidden to write letters. In a letter to his girlfriend, he stated the cells he had been in so far: *19 December 1944 – 2 February 1945, Cell 252 *2 February 1945, at 8 o'clock - Cell 585 (he called a "dark cell") *7 February - 11 February - Frøslev *12 February - 11 March - Cells 286, 284, 282, 276, and 270 (in Vestre Fængsel) *1 March - 2 March - Cell 586 *5 March - 12 March - Cell 50 (Police Headquarters) *15 March- ? - Cell 37 (Police Headquarters) On 6 April 1945, Kim Malthe-Bruun was executed in Ryvangen. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kim Malthe-Bruun」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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