Born as Liss Wognsen on 20 February 1924 in Copenhagen, the only child of a marine engineer and a seamstress. Raised on Amager, she matriculated from Christianshavns Gymnasium in 1943 and went on to study medicine at Copenhagen University.[4]
Her early work in connection with the Dansk Samling party prepared her for involvement in the resistance movement from August 1943 when the Danish government ceased cooperating with the Germans. Initially, she distributed illegal newspapers and books, kept guard at sabotage sites and tracked suspected informers. As time went by, she was trained to shoot and take care of weapons and ammunition.[4]
In February 1945, her colleagues in the Holger Danske group were arrested at a watchmaker's shop where they regularly met. Mellemgaard was not among them as she had stayed at home with laryngitis. They were taken to police headquarters, beaten and imprisoned. Most of them were executed three weeks later.[4]
After the war, she completed her medical studies in 1952 and married a doctor the following year.[2] Together they had three children. She had her own practice as an eye specialist in Hillerød from 1952 to 1970.[2] For many years she did not discuss her involvement in the resistance but in 1998 she wrote an autobiography: Pige i modstandskampen (Girl in the Resistance).[4]
Awards
2000: Queen Ingrid Commemorative Medal
2010: Gudmund Schacks Mindelegat
Publications
Mellemgaard, Lis (1998). Pige i modstandskampen: glimt fra min glemmebog. Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN978-87-7289-517-8.
References
^"95-årig dansk frihedskæmper Lis Mellemgaard er død". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 9 July 2019.
^ abc (in Danish). Kvindernes Blå Bog. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
^Schmidt Søgaard, Lise; Kronholm, Søren (20 February 2014). "Kvinden fra Holger Danske". Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). Retrieved 13 December 2016.
^ abcdVaaben, Line (27 August 2013). "Hun gemte ammunitionen i en hatteæske". Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). Retrieved 14 December 2016.
January 03, 2023
mellemgaard, née, wognsen, february, 1924, july, 2019, danish, ophthalmologist, resistance, member, holger, danske, group, escaped, execution, nazis, remained, home, with, sore, throat, after, completing, studies, university, copenhagen, 1952, opened, practice. Lis Mellemgaard nee Wognsen 20 February 1924 5 July 2019 1 was a Danish ophthalmologist and resistance spy A member of the Holger Danske Group she escaped execution by the Nazis as she remained at home with a sore throat After completing her studies at the University of Copenhagen in 1952 she opened a practice as an eye specialist in Hillerod 2 3 Lis MellemgaardBornCopenhagen Died5 July 2019 Alma materUniversity of Copenhagen Contents 1 Biography 2 Awards 3 Publications 4 ReferencesBiography EditBorn as Liss Wognsen on 20 February 1924 in Copenhagen the only child of a marine engineer and a seamstress Raised on Amager she matriculated from Christianshavns Gymnasium in 1943 and went on to study medicine at Copenhagen University 4 Her early work in connection with the Dansk Samling party prepared her for involvement in the resistance movement from August 1943 when the Danish government ceased cooperating with the Germans Initially she distributed illegal newspapers and books kept guard at sabotage sites and tracked suspected informers As time went by she was trained to shoot and take care of weapons and ammunition 4 In February 1945 her colleagues in the Holger Danske group were arrested at a watchmaker s shop where they regularly met Mellemgaard was not among them as she had stayed at home with laryngitis They were taken to police headquarters beaten and imprisoned Most of them were executed three weeks later 4 After the war she completed her medical studies in 1952 and married a doctor the following year 2 Together they had three children She had her own practice as an eye specialist in Hillerod from 1952 to 1970 2 For many years she did not discuss her involvement in the resistance but in 1998 she wrote an autobiography Pige i modstandskampen Girl in the Resistance 4 Awards Edit2000 Queen Ingrid Commemorative Medal 2010 Gudmund Schacks MindelegatPublications EditMellemgaard Lis 1998 Pige i modstandskampen glimt fra min glemmebog Museum Tusculanum Press ISBN 978 87 7289 517 8 References Edit 95 arig dansk frihedskaemper Lis Mellemgaard er dod DR in Danish Retrieved 9 July 2019 a b c Lis Mellemgaard in Danish Kvindernes Bla Bog Archived from the original on 26 September 2015 Retrieved 13 December 2016 Schmidt Sogaard Lise Kronholm Soren 20 February 2014 Kvinden fra Holger Danske Kristeligt Dagblad in Danish Retrieved 13 December 2016 a b c d Vaaben Line 27 August 2013 Hun gemte ammunitionen i en hatteaeske Kristeligt Dagblad in Danish Retrieved 14 December 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lis Mellemgaard amp oldid 1106827515, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
