Bent Faurschou-Hviid
Danish resistance member
Died when: 23 years 285 days (285 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Bent Faurschou Hviid (7 January 1921 – 18 October 1944) was a member of the Danish resistance group Holger Danske during World War II.He was quickly named "Flammen" (meaning "The Flame"), for his red hair.
In 1951, he and his Resistance partner Jørgen Haagen Schmith (Citron, or Citronen in Danish), were posthumously awarded the United States Medal of Freedom by President Harry Truman.
According to several colleagues from the Holger Danske, no other resistance member was as hated or sought by the Germans as was Faurschou Hviid.
Gunnar Dyrberg, leader of the Holger Danske from 1943 through 1945, said in the 2003 Danish documentary film, (Med ret til at dræbe), that no one knows exactly how many executions The Flame performed, but he was rumoured to have killed 22 persons.
The film explored the issues of the estimated 400 executions performed by the Resistance agents.
