Steen Fischer papers
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Steen C. Fischer
Biographical History
Steen Christian Fischer was born on 18 September 1920 in Copenhagen, Denmark to Christian Fischer (b. 1870) and Katrine (Antonette Frederikke, b. 1887) Siegfredsen Fischer. He had one sister: Inger Margrethe Fischer (b. 1919). He grew up in a Christian household. He was conscripted into the Royal Danish Navy shortly before the German in invasion of Denmark in April 1940. He was discharged in December 1940 and was then active in the Danish Resistance, assisting with illegal publications and helping Danish Jews flee to Sweden. He was arrested by the Gestapo in July 1944 and deported to the Neuengamme concentration camp. He became sick with jaundice around March 1945 and was rescued by the Red Cross in April 1945 along with several other Danish and Norwegian prisoners. After the war he immigrated to the United States.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2001 by Steen Fischer
Scope and Content
Contains three Danish passports issued to Steen Fischer, a letter dated 1943 October 21, from Mr. Fischer to the Royal British Legation in Sweden asking to join the British military forces; and a response dated 1943 October 26. The third item is a letter dated 1985 April 29, from Danish Prime Minister Poul Schluter, responding to an earlier letter from Mr. Fischer.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged as a single series.
People
- Schlüter, Poul.
- Fischer, Steen, 1920-
Subjects
- Resistance movements--1940-1950.
- Copenhagen (Denmark)
- Political prisoners--Denmark.
Genre
- Document