(This text was translated using AI technology)
All over the country, the message of capitulation was received with great joy. Windows were thrown wide open, and people shouted in the streets in a frenzy of happiness. In the windowsills of houses, small candles were lit one by one, illuminating the twilight and replacing the black blackout curtains.
Kirsten, b. 1928 (Gilleleje)
"We listened to the English radio every day, and that's how we found out that the liberation happened. I can still hear that voice. That voice. ... And then we rejoiced! Dad went in and tore down those [blackout] curtains, and Mom went in and baked apple slices."
Gilleleje
The first and last Allied military action near Gilleleje took place on the night of May 4, 1945. In 'Information' one could read "English flyers attacked a German submarine in the southern Kattegat last night. The submarine later ran aground at Avnø in Zealand, where the Germans themselves sank it. Several wounded and dead were brought ashore."
For the resistance movement, the message of freedom meant busyness. On the night between May 4 and 5, the contact man in Gilleleje, Henning Hansen, was instructed to send his people to Åtoftegård in Fjellenstrup, where the equipment from the depot in Rågeleje would arrive. Early in the morning, several cars rolled into the farmyard, filled with bombs, hand grenades, boxes of ammunition, and rifles. Everything was unloaded in the barn, and the quantity was large enough to blow up the entire Gilleleje. There was not much caution, and it was fortunate that nothing happened.
Freedom fighters flocked to the farm, and the kitchen and living rooms were filled with armed men. With coffee cups in hand, they discussed what they would do on the morning of May 5, when the capitulation would take effect at 8:00 AM. By then, the freedom fighters would move into Gilleleje and occupy the harbor.
Åtoftegård in Fjellenstrup, 1938
Helsinge
The message of capitulation was received with outbursts of joy everywhere, including in Helsinge. People opened windows and doors, and the tones of the radio echoed loudly in the streets. In the cinema, the performance was interrupted to announce the news, and instead of finishing the film, the King's film was played. The music played the King's song and "There is a Lovely Country," and among the audience, there were cheers and applause.