Background
Kaj Leo Kristensen was born in Vraaby 7 November 1917 to land owner Ole Ferdinand Kristensen and wife Marie Elisabeth Kristensen and baptized in Vraaby church the first Sunday after Epiphany.
Kaj Leo Kristensen was born in Vraaby 7 November 1917 to land owner Ole Ferdinand Kristensen and wife Marie Elisabeth Kristensen and baptized in Vraaby church the first Sunday after Epiphany.
On 17 March the same year Kristensen and the six others were executed in Ryvangen. On 19 May 1945 Kristensen"s remains were exhumed at Ryvangen. On 21 Juli 1945 a memorial service was held for him in Elijah"s Church.
On 29 August 1945 Kristensen 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. A memorial stone marks the place of his arrest.
On 26 February 1945 Kristensen and six other members of Holger Danske were arrested by the Gestapo in Skindergade 44, Copenhagen.