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Jørgen Kieler
Jørgen Kieler (23 August 1919 – 19 February 2017) was a Danish physician, remembered primarily for his participation in Danish resistance, resistance activities under the German occupation of Denmark in the early 1940s. He was captured and was placed in a prison and Nazi concentration camps. Saved by the White Buses of the Bernadotte rescue, Kieler was treated for tuberculosis for two years after his release. After the war, he wrote a book about his war-time experiences and supported other Danish concentration camp survivors as president of the Freedom Foundation of Denmark. He was director of the Danish Cancer Society. Early life Jørgen Kieler, the son of a physician of Jutland, studied medicine with his sister Elsebet in England, France, Germany, and Copenhagen. His four siblings included Elsebet, Flemming, and Bente. Occupied Denmark Kieler and his sister Elsebet were roommates in a Copenhagen apartment when the German invasion of Denmark (1940), Germans invaded Denmark i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Quistgaard
Georg Quistgaard (19 February 1915 - 20 or 21 May 1944) was one of 102 members of the Danish resistance movement, Danish resistance to the German invasion of Denmark (1940), German occupation of Denmark in World War II who were Capital punishment, executed following a court-martial. Biography As a youth, Quistgaard dropped out of high-school and travelled through Europe on foot and bicycle. In Paris, he met the two year younger Ellen Nielsen and they returned to Denmark. They married and opened a small shop of art works in Copenhagen, which went out of business in 1940. Resistance During the occupation of Denmark, Quistgaard was connected to "Hjemmefronten" (the home front) og Special Operations Executive for whom he was a contact person and courier. He scouted for new airdrop sites, helped found the Hvidsten group as well as participating in their initial airdrop receptions. Additionally Quistgaard participated in the reception of allied airdropped weapons in the area of Gy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
