The actual place of execution is now accessible to the public.
When the Germans capitulated and retreated from Denmark, deep wheel tracks led up to the bur-ial place, which was then nothing but a muddy, downtrodden, besmirched piece of ground, into which the corpses had been thrown and barely cov-ered. At this spot 199 corpses were found and iden-tified. Some had been executed, some killed in open combat or shot down for having been involved in an illegal operation. Ninety-one of them have been re-turned to the areas from where they came.
The rest were buried where they were found. Wandering among the graves you will come acros one without a memorial plaque. It is now over-grown hy heather. He who was buried here had worked for both sides. This grave is now empty.
Facing the big common is the monument by the sculptor Axel Poulsen.
In the little copse behind the monument are the graves of thirtyone patriots who died in concentra-tion camps and as it was possible to identify them, they were brought home.
In the pergola facing east there are 151 commoration plaques for some of those, who disap-peared in Hitler's Hell without leaving a trace.
In the Memorial Park there are in all 158 graves and 242 plaques - only a small fraction of those lost in the fight.
Only civilian volunteers, who fell in DENMARK, have been included. The military forces were given orders to stop all resistance on the morn-ing of April 9, 1940 ... and on August 29, 1943 they were deprived of all their arms and uniforms.
These events did not pass without loss, and the fighting, which took place, gives evidence of cour-age and will-power. The soldiers who were killed on these occasions are buried elsewhere.
The majority of Danish seamen preferred volun-tarily to join the war at sea in allied service, rather than seeking safety on land. By so doing, they con-tributed materially to the reputation of Denmark.
In memory of the many Danish seamen, who lost their lives, a monument has been erected in Nyhavn, Copenhagen.
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