Jørgen Kieler
1919
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2017
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Denmark
languages spoken, written or signed: Danish
educated at: Horsens Statsskole, University of Copenhagen
occupation: physician, oncologist, scientist
award received: Knight of the 1st Class of the Order of the Dannebrog
Jørgen Kieler (23 August 1919 – 19 February 2017) was a Danish physician, remembered primarily for his participation in 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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