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Kaj Munk
Photo of Kaj Munk published in the De Wervelwind, February 1944
Born
Kaj Harald Leininger Munk (1898-01-13)13 January 1898 Lolland, Denmark
Died
4 January 1944(1944-01-04) (aged 45) Hørbylunde
Occupation
Playwright and Lutheran pastor
Nationality
Danish
Notable works
Pilatus, Ordet, Kærlighed
Kaj Harald Leininger Munk (commonly called Kaj Munk) (13 January 1898 – 4 January 1944) was a Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor, known for his cultural engagement and his martyrdom during the Occupation of Denmark of World War II. He is commemorated as a martyr in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church on 14 August, alongside Maximilian Kolbe.[1]
^"The Church Year Calendar" (PDF). Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. 8 September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 September 2006.
Kaj Harald Leininger Munk (commonly called KajMunk) (13 January 1898 – 4 January 1944) was a Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor, known for his cultural...
Matematisk Analyse (Textbook in mathematical analysis). Following the murder of KajMunk on 4 January 1944 the Danish resistance newspaper De frie Danske brought...
drama film, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. It is based on a play by KajMunk, a Danish Lutheran priest, first performed in 1932. The film won the Golden...
high church St. Ansgar Foundation in Uppsala. Following the murder of KajMunk on 4 January 1944 the Danish resistance newspaper De frie Danske brought...
film, in 1955, Ordet (The Word), based on the play of the same name by KajMunk. The film combines a love story with a conflict of faith. Dreyer's last...
Stackelberg p. 250 Christianity and Resistance in the 20th Century: From KajMunk and Dietrich Bonhoeffer to Desmond Tutu (International Studies in Religion...
World War, a play about Ebbesen's rebellion was written by the dramatist KajMunk (1898–1944). The Nazi occupiers banned the play and murdered its playwright...
detector developed at the Swiss Light Source Pilatus (play), a 1917 play by KajMunk Pilatus Aircraft, a Swiss aircraft manufacturer Radio Pilatus, a private...
to be killed in retaliation." The group is infamous for the murder of KajMunk on January 4, 1944 and the destruction of the lookout tower Odinstårnet...
incidental music by Mikhail Gnesin En Idealist (1929), a Danish drama by KajMunk Hordos u-Miryam (1935), a Hebrew novel by Aaron Orinowsky Herod and Mariamne...
Austin Review, pages 4-7. "KAJMUNK IN MEMORIAM". De frie Danske (in Danish). January 1944. p. 6. Retrieved 18 November 2014. Munk var en overordentlig modig...
Gracie Fields, British singer, actress and comedian (d. 1979) January 13 KajMunk, Danish playwright, Lutheran pastor and martyr (d. 1944) Samsa, Indian...
participated in the murder of opposition figures—including the Danish playwright, KajMunk—and bombed buildings with suspected links to Danish resistance. Flanders...
the leader of the "Peter Group", including the murder of Lutheran pastor KajMunk. Later leadership passed to SS-Hauptsturmführer Otto Alexander Friedrich...
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1967) Bernard Law Montgomery (1995) KajMunk (1981) Martin Andersen Nexø (1969) Asta Nielsen (1996) Carl Nielsen (1965)...
SS officer and Nazi concentration camp commandant (b. 1906) January 4 KajMunk, Danish playwright, Lutheran pastor and martyr (b. 1898) Jean Tatlock,...
Zibrandt von (2009). Christianity and Resistance in the 20th Century: From KajMunk and Dietrich Bonhoeffer to Desmond Tutu. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-17126-8...
2008 : Julius Caesar; 2008 : Ordet (The Word), from the text written by KajMunk; 2009 : The Sea Museum, from the text written by Marie Darrieussecq; 2011 :...
satirical and political magazine based in Helsinki. Following the murder of KajMunk on 4 January 1944 the Danish resistance newspaper De frie Danske brought...
Mullins (living, United States) Anthony Munday (c. 1560–1633, England) KajMunk (1898–1944, Denmark) Jimmy Murphy (living, Ireland) Tom Murphy (1935–2018...
German Old testament theologian Jewish malnutrition in Theresienstadt KajMunk 1898–1944 Danish theologian, playwright Danish resistance movement murdered...
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