A Clearing murder was a revenge killing of a known and popular Dane in the last part of the German occupation of Denmark during World War II.
The first clearing murder was of the famous author and priest, Kaj Munk January 4, 1944.
Usually, the clearing murders were done as street shooting in order to increase the terror impact of fear and uncertainty in the general population.
Doctors were especially vulnerable to clearing murders since they were out to look after the sick at any time of day.
The Germans demanded the Danish newspapers to print articles linking resistance killings and clearing murders next to each other on the same page.