Ejnar Jørgensen
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| Born | 20. marts 1898 |
| Died | 1969 |
| Political party | National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark |
Ejnar Jørgensen (20 March 1898 – 1969) was a Danish Nazi who was a co-founder of DNSAP.
Early career
Merchant Ejnar Jørgensen was one of the pioneers of Danish Nazism. He was a volunteer in the Estonian freedom struggle from 1919 to 1920. On 16 November 1930, he helped found DNSAP. He actively participated in the 1933 coup d'état on Frits Clausen's side and remained his loyal supporter until the break between the two in 1943, although the Bryld family's entry into the leadership of DNSAP continuously caused problems.
Time in DNSAP
Ejnar Jørgensen was one of the most active Nazis in DNSAP. He held more positions of trust than anyone else. From 1933 he was a member of the party council and district leader for Zealand. The latter post made him a kind of leader of DNSAP members on Zealand during the 1930s. From 1935 he was a member of the party staff and from 1936 the district leader of Vestre Syssel. He ran for the Danish Parliament in 1932, 1935, 1939 and 1943. From 1 February 1941 to 29 April 1944 he was the leader of the Grand Council, the district leader of Syssel Germany from 1 June 1942 to April 1943, the chief of staff of DNSAP in June 1943 and finally the column leader of SA.
As an SA member he was the architect behind some of DNSAP's confrontations with the police in 1940. On 9 April 1940 he tried to occupy Christiansborg Palace, but without success. He participated in the Battle of Roskilde and the Battle of Spades at Haderslev.
In the autumn of 1942 he travelled to the front as an Untersturmführer with the Frikorps Danmark. On 3 August 1942 he had just been sentenced to three months in prison for violating the ban on meetings. After his return he was pardoned by German intervention. Upon his return he was elected to the Folketing in March 1943, and later from 8 February 1944 he was an advisor to Frits Clausen's deputy, Theophilius Larsen.
On 20 May 1944 Jørgensen was expelled from DNSAP after repeatedly violating the party's statutes. Since March 1944 he had agitated strongly at several meetings against the party's leadership, which he found unworthy of the task. He took with him large parts of DNSAP's members on Zealand, and DNSAP was then seriously weakened. On 7 August 1944 Ejnar Jørgensen and his large entourage joined the "Danish National Assembly".
In the autumn of 1943, Ejnar Jørgensen was on a lecture tour with Knud Børge Martinsen from the Schalburg Corps. Ejnar Jørgensen saw in the Schalburg Corps some opportunities to unite Danish Nazism, but these hopes disappeared. It was therefore a disappointed Ejnar Jørgensen who returned to DNSAP on 15 March 1945, when the "Danish National Assembly" was subordinated to DNSAP.
On 7 April 1945, he was subjected to an assassination attempt by members of BOPA. However, he shot and killed one of the resistance fighters, Sven Jørgensen, and escaped alive.
After the liberation
After the liberation, he was arrested and imprisoned. On 27 March 1947, he was sentenced to five years in prison by the Copenhagen City Court. On 5 June 1948, the sentence was changed to 10 years in prison by the Eastern High Court. On March 11, 1949, he was sentenced by the Supreme Court to eight years in prison.
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