Peter Bogstad Mandel

Peter Bogstad Mandel
Born Peter Bogstad Mandel[1]
(1924-05-09)9 May 1924[1][2][3][4]
Dronning Olgasvej 39-1, Frederiksberg[1][2][3]
Died 25 February 1945(1945-02-25) (aged 20)[3]
Nyelandsvej Lazaret, Frederiksberg Hospital[3]
Cause of death Died of his wounds[3]
Resting place Ryvangen Memorial Park[3]
Residence Dronning Olgasvej 39, Frederiksberg[2][3][4]
Occupation Business high school student[3]
Known for Killed as member of the Danish resistance movement[3]
Religion Church of Denmark[1][2]
Spouse(s) (unmarried)[3]
Parent(s) Carl Leonhard Bogstad Mandel and Aase Nicoline née Kihl[1][2][3][4][5]
Website "Modstandsdatabasen" [Resistance Database]. Peter Bogstad Mandel (in Danish). Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet. Retrieved 2014-11-30. 

Peter Bogstad Mandel (9 May 1924 – 25 February 1945) was a member of the Danish resistance killed by the German occupying power.

Biography

Mandel was born 9 May 1924 as the first child of assistant Carl Leonhard Bogstad Mandel and wife Aase Nicoline née Kihl[3] and baptized in Mariendal Church on 15 July the same year.[1][2]

In 1930 Mandel lived with his parents in their apartment on Dronning Olgasvej 39-2, Frederiksberg, his father supported the family as an office manager at Magasin du Nord.[4]

In 1939 on the first Sunday after Easter Mandel was confirmed in Mariendal Church.[2]

On 25 February 1945 Mandel died of his wounds in the German medical clinic at Nyelandsvej, Frederiksberg Hospital.[3]

After his death

After the liberation Mandel's remains were exhumed at Ryvangen and transferred to the Department of Forensic Medicine of the university of Copenhagen.[3]

On 7 July 1945 a memorial service was held for him in Mariendal Church[3] where he had been baptized and confirmed.

On 29 August 1945 Mandel and 105 other victims of the occupation were given a state funeral in the memorial park founded at the execution and burial site in Ryvangen where his remains had been recovered. Bishop Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard led the service with participation from the royal family, the government and representatives of the resistance movement.[3][6]

Peter Bogstad Mandel is named on memorial plaques at three schools on Frederiksberg.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Fødte Mandkøn" [Born Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1917-1925 (in Danish). Mariendal. 1924. p. 187.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Konfirmerede Drenge" [Confirmed Boys]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1928-1939 (in Danish). Mariendal. 1939. p. 127.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Døde Mandkøn" [Deceased Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1930-1946 (in Danish). Sankt Johannes Sogn. 1945. p. 368. Død 25 Februar 1945 Lazarettet paa Nyelandsvej Opgravet i Ryvangen. Drab. Begravet 29 August 1945 Ryvangen. Handelsgymnasieelev, Ugift, 20 Aar
  4. 1 2 3 4 Folketælling [Census] (in Danish). Frederiksberg. 5 November 1930. Dronning Olgasvej 39-2.
  5. ↑ "Ægteviede" [Married]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1919-1930 (in Danish). Mariendal. 1923. p. 148.
  6. ↑ "Historie - Mindelunden Ryvangen" [History - Ryvangen Memorial Park] (in Danish). Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
  7. ↑ "Mindetavler på Frederiksberg" [Frederiksberg memorial plaques]. bibliotek.kk.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2015-05-31. Peter Bogstad Mandel, 1924-1945
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