On 29 August Crone and 105 other victims of the occupation were given a state funeral in the memorial park founded at the execution and burial site in Ryvangen where he was executed.
Erik Crone was born in Poppelgade 1, Copenhagen 14 September 1896 as the third child to merchant Vilhelm Valdemar Gerhard Crone and wife Julie Johanne Amelia Crone. [1 ]