CHURCHILL IN COPENHAGEN OCTOBER 1950

On the day of festivity - and a festive day it was for all of Copenhagen -
- the most moving moment was witnessed by a few only.
From the lane of the freedomfighters -
- stepped forward Gudrun Fiil, the innkeeper-wife from Hvidsten.
Her voice was not able to speak. But Churchill knew her story.
There were tears in the eyes of good old Winnie -
- when he bent towards Gudrun Fiil and said: ...
I have received many and glorious receptions -
in the liberated cities of Europe -
- but never have I been so deeply touched as here ...
Those who experienced that moment could say the same:
- a moment, you would never forget, something evil was erased -
- something good was put in the place - to stay.

CHURCHILL I KØBENHAVN 9.-11. OKTOBER 1950

Festdagens – for det var en festdag for hele København – største -
- i alt fald mest gribende øjeblik, blev kun overværet af de få.
Ud af frihedskæmpernes spalier trådte fru Gudrun Fiil, krokonen fra Hvidsten. Hendes stemme nægtede at sige noget. Men Churchill kendte hendes historie. Tårerne blinkede i good old Winnies øjne -
- da han bøjede sig mod Gudrun Fiil - og sagde: …
jeg har fået mange og strålende modtagelser i Europas befriede byer -
- men aldrig er jeg blevet så dybt grebet som her ….
De, der overværede dette optrin, kunne sige det samme:
- et øjeblik, man aldrig ville glemme, noget ondt slettedes ud -
- noget godt blev sat i stedet – for at blive.

Aftenbladet 10. oktober 1950

The Hvidsten Group
was a Danish resistance group 
during World War II 
named after the Hvidsten Inn
between Randers and Mariager in Jutland where it was formed.

The Hvidsten Group received many drops during the resistance
signalled via "greetings"
at the end of the BBC news broadcasts
with the encoded message
"Greetings to Elias - Listen again"
and delivered via British Halifax planes.
The Hvidsten group was responsible for
pick-up at Allestrupgårds Heath 
and delivery of explosives
to resistance groups
like BOPA and Holger Danske 
to be used for sabotage of railways, locomotive sheds, bridges and factories
in use by the German occupation forces.
 

Eight of its members
were sentenced to death on June 26
and executed by firing squad in Ryvangen 
on June 29, 1944,
three weeks after D-day – June 6.