Name: Resistance Fighter
Brand: Gefen Publishing House (IS)
SKU: 9789652293978
Price: 30.99 GBP
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Resistance Fighter

By (author): Jorgen Kieler

Published by Gefen Publishing House (IS)

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£30.99

Published: 01-Jan-2007
ISBN: 9789652293978

Paperback
100 Pages

Subjects:
Military history
Politics & government
Denmark

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Writing in lively tones with a wit that reveals his indomitable spirit, the author paints a vivid picture of the resistance movement in Denmark, with detailed descriptions of many of the Holger Danske group's daring sabotage operations.

Born in 1919 in Horsens, Denmark, Dr. Jørgen Kieler, interrupted his medical studies to join the Danish resistance group Frit Danmark (Free Denmark) to fight against the Nazi occupation. Until his retirement in 1989 he was director of the Fibiger CancerInstitute in Copenhagen. A survivor of PortaWestphalica, he has published extensively on the stress-related disorder kz (concentration camp) Syndrome.This is his fourth book about the occupation of Denmark in the Second World War