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Niels Nielsen Kjær (2 April 1903 – 29 June 1944) was a member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power. == Biography == Kjær was born in Hvidsten Mark on 2 April 1903 as son of tenant farmer Jens Christian Nielsen and 39-year-old wife Johanne Petrea Christensen and baptized ''Niels Kjær Nielsen'' in Gassum on the 21st of the same month.〔 On 15 May 1905 his name was changed to Niels Nielsen Kjær in accordance with a royal authorization.〔 In addition to being a member of the Hvidsten group〔 Kjær was also a radio mechanic〔 or radio dealer.〔 The group helped the British Special Operations Executive parachute weapons and supplies into Denmark for distribution to the resistance. In March 1944 the Gestapo made an "incredible number of arrests" including in the region of Randers where a number of members of the Hvidsten group were arrested. The following month De frie Danske reported that several arrestees from Hvidsten had been transferred from Randers to Vestre Fængsel. On 29 June 1944 Kjær and seven other members of the Hvidsten group were 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「Niels Nielsen Kjær」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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