Dorthe Emilie Røssel

Dorthe Emilie Røssell (born 12 January 1934, née Christiansen) is a Danish author who, as a child, was a member of the Danish resistance during the Second World War. Her parents were members of the and Røssell helped them, infiltrating German arms warehouses, carrying messages and transporting weapons and propaganda. Her parents were arrested by the Gestapo on Christmas Eve 1944. Røssell's father was tortured in Røssell's presence to try to get him to betray the resistance and was afterwards sent to Neuengamme concentration camp. He survived the war. Røssell's parents made her promise never to speak of her actions during the war, a promise she kept until 2007 when, prompted by an account of her father in another work, she released a memoir entitled Jeg brød et løfte (I Broke a Promise). She has since written a number of other works.

Second World War Røssell was born on 12 January 1934. Georg testified at the May 1948 trial of Hansen, giving details of the torture he had endured. Hansen was convicted and executed for his crimes. Even after the deaths of her parents Røssell maintained her silence about the war years, not even telling her husband. She had been inspired to write her memoir after reading a 2004 book by Peter Øvig Knudsen which mentioned her father's resistance activities. Røssell said that she found writing the work alleviated her insomnia and high blood pressure. Eftertid Rumle og Drille på eventyr Mellem os sagt Om et øjeblik Et strejf af rosmarin Fasme - fortæl! Undervejs Lusitania Rumle samler på venner Uro i julekassen Gennem kløften over bjerget