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Ib Birkedal Hansen: Denmark's Most Brutal Nazi Collaborator
Ib Birkedal Hansen was one of the most feared collaborators in Nazi-occupied Denmark, leading a Gestapo-backed network responsible for the arrest, torture, and murder of Danish resistance fighters during the Second World War.
Following the German invasion of Denmark in April 1940, the occupation initially relied on cooperation with local authorities. As resistance activity increased, however, the Gestapo turned to Danish collaborators to hunt down, interrogate, and destroy underground networks.
Born in Aarhus in 1909, Hansen drifted through a series of failed business ventures before the war…
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