Memorials Hammelev

Erik Eriksen was a stationmaster in Hammelev and during the Second World War he was member of a communist resisistance movement. He sabotated the raillines. On 12 October 1944 he was arrested by the Germans. He died in the concentration camp of Nuengamme on 28 February 1945.

After the war a memorial has been placed in his birthplace, Hammelev:
MINDE OVER
STATIONSMESTER
ERIK ERIKSEN
HAMMELEV
* 25. 12. 1910.
+ I NUENGAMME 28. 2. 1945.
HAN STRED OG FALDT
FOR DANMARKS FRIHED

In English
IN MEMORY OF
STATIONMASTER
ERIK ERIKSEN
HAMMELEV
*25. 12. 1910.
+ IN NUENGAMME 28. 2. 1945.
HE FOUGHT AND FELL
FOR DENMARK'S FREEDOM

The second memorial has been erected in memory of the reunification of Denmark (15 June 1920) and the liberation of Denmark (5 May 1945).