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I had the possibility to go back to Aarhus Thursday May 25th, and take a new set of pictures. I had hoped there would be a little less sun to avoid problems. I had luck, as rain was pouring down, so I had no problems with the pictures this time.
After taking the pictures, I went to the City Hall to ask where I could find information about the persons mentioned there. I had luck, as the Archive storing the information was about 300 meters away. Unfortunately the Archive was closed all week due to the "Great/Nordic Archive Days" somewhere, so I ended up, soaked in rain, looking at the door to the Archive Room, and only got to talk to a secretary who couldn't help me :(. Fortunately, they are very nice people, and when I phoned them a few days later, they promised to send me copies of the information for free, and I received it the next day :).
There's been some confusion about Axels year of birth, as it says 1899 on the plate, which is not true. When Peter Christoffersen wrote the letter to the committee, the number "4" in 1894 could be mistaken for a "9", and was. So the year of birth is 1894.
The Memorial is situated right next to Marselisborg Castle in Aarhus, Denmark, and contains 4170 names of Danish soldiers, who lost their lives during World War 1. I'd guess the inside diameter of the monument is 40-50 feet, and quite impressive. On the description plate at the entrance, it says it's a memorial for Danish Soldiers from Schleswig (Southern part of Jutland and then part of Germany) in the German Army. As Axel was Danish-American, and there are other American Soldiers mentioned, including one from my hometown Herfølge, this can't be true.
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