Ellen Christensen

Ellen Marie Christensen (1913–1998) was a Danish nurse who became a resistance fighter during the German occupation of Denmark in World War II.

She soon became a member of the resistance group Frit Danmark (Free Denmark) where she helped to produce and distribute illegal publications.

Not only did she treat wounded refugees, but contributed to transporting weapons and explosives and to obtaining fake identity cards and other items to facilitate resistance work.

When the Gestapo discovered their hiding place in October, Schmith was killed but Christensen managed to escape, although her identity card had been found.

[1] For her contribution to saving Jews, resistance workers and allied pilots during the German occupation, Ellen Christensen was awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal in 1953.