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grenades (coincidentally left under his hospital bed), and began fighting. He fought against 200 German soldiers for four hours, injuring 20 soldiers and killing six more. The house was set on fire by the
Germans, and Schmith was killed by several German bullets on 15 October 1944. During that time, Christensen was guarded by Nazi soldiers outside the house. As time went on, she found hiding places until the Germans were distracted enough that she could escape. She went in search of someone who would hide her. After six tries, she found someone who would take her in. She made it out safely, but her cover was blown when the soldiers later found fake identification information in her purse that had been left in Strøm-Tejsen's house.
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fantastically daring, extremely fast in his reactions, and completely merciless when it was a matter of carrying out a dangerous mission. I shouldn't have dreamed that this man possessed such qualities. He looked like any ordinary family man of thirty-four, with no thoughts on his mind but keeping his job and looking after the wife and kids. I should have passed him in the street without a second glance. No one could have believed that he was one of the two most wanted men on the
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I saw before me a dark-haired, well-built man of middle height. As he held out his hand and introduced himself, I looked at him curiously. He had a pleasant face, with kind brown eyes, and his smile was warm and friendly. He didn't look at all as I had expected. Citronen (The Lemon) was said to be
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Schmith was picked up at a roadblock in
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exploring the actions of the Danish
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on 24 August 1943. He escaped to Sweden for a time and then began aiding in transporting Danish Jews and refugees from
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