Sabotage against Nørrebro Steam Cleaners 01-05-1943

Outline of the Laundry washing plant ground floor.

Outline of the 1st floor of the Laundry washing plant.

I. Laundry washing plant facade viewed from Hejrevej.

IV. Entrance to the Laundry dry cleaning plant viewed from the Laundry washing hall.

III. The Laundry washing plant yard viewed towards the dry cleaning plant. Behind the fence to the left is Hejrevej.

VI. The north corner of the ironing room on the 1st floor of the company. The hotbed of the fire was found in this location, where also the roof was damaged during the fire.

V. The inside part of the Laundry dry cleaning building.

II. The facade of the Laundry washing plant and the gate viewed from Hejrevej.

VII. The north east corner of the ironing room on the company 1st floor. On the picture you can see the sooted ironing boards of the laundry plant.

Intro

The company washed and cleaned uniforms for the Wehrmacht. Six armed saboteurs overpowered the night watchman as he was about to lock himself inside. They then tied him up and planted two firebombs and an explosive charge on the premises. Almost all the clothes in the ironing room were burned and some of the ceiling caught fire. There was no explosion as the explosive charge had been ignited but went out before the charge detonated.

20441

572348

Hejrevej 5

København

0 København

BOPA

E. Saxtorph og 5 unavngivne personer

AS-14453

KF5-464

KL-794

Niels Alkil: Besættelsestidens fakta, 2. bind, 1946. Esben Kjeldbæk: Sabotageorganisationen BOPA, 1997.