Flemming Muus

Flemming Bruun Muus (21 November 1907 – 23 September 1982) was a Danish author and resistance fighter during the German occupation of Denmark in the Second World War.

In 1942, he was recruited in England by the Special Operations Executive and sent to Denmark in March 1943 as their chief agent. [ [http://www.gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=flemmingbmuus Flemming Bruun Muus from Gravested] . Retrieved 17 April 2008.] He was awarded the D.S.O. for his contribution to the resistance movement and assistance with Denmark's liberation by the Allies.

After the war, Muus was arrested in June 1946 and sentenced by a Copenhagen court to two years imprisonment for embezzlement. The sentence was set aside on appeal, provided into voluntary exile from Denmark for five years. From 1946 to 1949, he and his wife travelled to England, South Africa and Italy before returning to Denmark. Muus himself admitted that large sums of money passed through his hands and but denied all embezzlement charges. [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article809920.ece Varinka Wichfeld-Muus] from The Times, 9 January 2003.]

He was married to Varnika Wichfeld Muus who also contributed to the resistance movement.

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