1938 Hvidsten Kro - Denmark
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N 56° 33.007 E 010° 00.117
32V E 561597 N 6267758
Gudrun og Marius Fiil foran Hvidsten Kro --- Gudrun and Marius Fiil infront of the Hvidsten Kro
Waymark Code: WMHR6Y
Location: Denmark
Date Posted: 08/07/2013
Views: 35
Dette er på flere måder et "Før og Nu" waymark. Marius Fiil ejede den privilegerede kro i Hvidsten. Billedet af det stolte par er taget foran kroen året inden 2. verdenskrig bryder ud. Som krigen skred frem blev det hårdere at drive kro og mon ikke mange gæster benyttede kromandens gæstfrihed til at brokke sig over at der ikke var nogen som gjorde noget mod besættelsesmagten.
D. 13. marts 1943 ankom lægen Thorup Petersen på kroen og blev inviteret på flæskeæggekage af kroejer Marius Fiil, og mens de sad der, kom Ole Geisler ind i skænkestuen. Ole Geisler havde til opgave at samle trådene omkring modstandsarbejdet i hele Jylland. Han henvendte sig til Marius Fiils gæst og spurgte, om det da ikke var doktoren? Da Thorup Petersen bekræftede det, sagde Ole Geisler: "Jamen så har jeg en hilsen til Dem fra Elias". Og det var kodeordet om, at der natten før var nedkastet våben og sprængstoffer ved Mariager til modstandsbevægelsen i Jylland.
Marius Fiil blev nu sat ind i tingene og indvilligede – efter at have spurgt sin kone Gudrun til råds – i at deltage i modtagearbejdet. Samme aften kørte Marius i sin hestevogn til Trinderup Hede for at hente våben og sprængstoffer.
I løbet al den kommende måned lykkedes det Marius Fiil at få organiseret en modtagegruppe bestående al folk fra egnen, iblandt dem var hans søn, Niels Fiil, og hans svigersøn. En ny modtageplads tættere ved Hvidsten blev fundet. Allerede den 17. april skete den første modtagelse, hvor man foruden materiel også modtog en faldskærmsmand. Marius Fiil var ikke selv med ved modtagelserne, men fra kroen ledede han gruppens forberedelser.
Gruppen blev kendt under navnet Hvidstens Gruppen og deres modtageplads, Mustard Point, blev af englænderne betegnet som den bedste modtageplads i Danmark.
D. 11. marts 1944 omringede Gestapo, tidligt om morgenen, Hvidsten Kro, og størstedelen af gruppen blev arresteret af tyske soldater. Otte af dens medlemmer blev af den tyske krigsret dømt til døden den 26. juni og henrettet ved skydning i Ryvangen 29. juni 1944 af den tyske besættelsesmagt. Henrettelserne blev den direkte årsag til opstand flere steder i Danmark og til en generalstrejke i København. Sammen med de frihedskæmpere Marius Fiil samlede fik han om nogen præget Før og Nu for Danmark.
This is a "Then and Now" waymark in more than one way. Marius Fiil owned the privileged inn Hvidsten. The photo of the proud couple in front of the inn is taken the year before the beginning of World War II. As the war progressed, it became harder to operate the inn and I wonder if not many guests took the keeper's hospitality to complain that no one did anything against the occupying force.
On 13. March 1943 arrived the doctor Thorup Petersen at the inn and was invited on bacon omelette of innkeeper Marius Fiil, and as they sat there, Ole Geisler came into the taproom. Ole Geislers task was to coordinate the resistance work in Jutland. He turned to Marius Fiils guest and asked if it wasn't the doctor? As Thorup Petersen confirmed it, said Ole Geisler: "Well, I have a message for you from Elijah." And that was the password telling that on the night before was dropped weapons and explosives at Mariager for the resistance in Jutland.
Marius Fiil was now told about secret things and agreed - after asking his wife Gudrun for advice - to attend the reception work. That evening Marius drove his carriage wagon to Trinderup to retrieve weapons and explosives.
During the following month Marius Fiil succeeded organizeing a group of people from the area, among them his son, Niels Fiil, and his son in law. A new reception location closer to Hvidsten was found. Already, 17 April was the first reception, where in addition to equipment they also received a parachute man. Marius Fiil was not part of the receptions, but from the inn he led the group's preparations.
The group was known as the Hvidsten Group and their location, Mustard Point, was by the British described as the best reception center in Denmark.
On 11 March 1944 the Gestapo, in the early morning, surrounded Hvidsten Kro, and the majority of the group were arrested by German soldiers. Eight of its members, including Marius, were of the German court martial sentenced to death on 26 June and executed by firing squad in Ryvangen 29 June 1944 by the German occupiers. The executions were the direct cause of the uprising in several places in Denmark and led to a general strike in Copenhagen. Along with the freedom fighters Marius Fiil was one of those who took "Then" and made it "Now"
Year photo was taken: Late 30's probably '38
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