Freedom Monument in Gråsten
The Freedom Monument at the Ahlefeldtvej/Kongevej roundabout in Gråsten bears the names of four men.
The bronze sculpture standing on a granite plinth was created by sculptor and painter Victor Kvedéris (1909-66) and inaugurated on 5 May 1947.
The south side of the plinth, facing the roundabout, shows the numbers 1940 1945, marking Denmark's occupation of Germany during World War II.
The north side of the plinth bears the text Rejst af venner af frihedskampen (Erected by friends of the struggle for freedom)
On the west side of the plinth, you'll find the names Holger Biehl and Knud Henrik Nicolai Vindel, who were both resistance group leaders in Region III (South Jutland).
Holger and Knud were arrested in June 1944 and ended their days in concentration camps in Neuengamme and Porta Westfalica, a subdivision of the Neuengamme concentration camp.
The east side of the plinth does not quite match the truth, the text states that the monument stands where 2 men died, but the monument was moved from Kongevej 85 (across the road) to its current location on 5 May 1976, so it no longer stands on the site of the tragic deaths after the liberation.
On 5 May 1945, Hans Lehmann Feddersen and Christian Mathias Clausen died during a shootout with young cadets from the German Navy while standing guard at the German School in Gråsten, where Danes arrested by the police and resistance movement were interned.