Hans Cappelen
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Hans Cappelen | |
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| Born | 18 December 1903 Kviteseid, Norway |
| Died | 21 October 1979 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Occupation(s) | jurist, businessperson and resistance fighter |
| Awards | Order of St. Olav |
Hans Cappelen (18 December 1903 – 21 October 1979 ) was a Norwegian jurist, businessperson and resistance fighter.
He was born at Kviteseid in Telemark, Norway. He was a son of Supreme Court Attorney Didrik Cappelen (1873–1941) and Antoinette Therese von der Lippe (1876–1934). He was a brother of the jurist and politician Didrik Cappelen[1][2][3] and the actress and singer Linge Langård.
He held a degree in law and worked in senior positions in the Philips Group and was a member of the board of Norsk AS Philips. Under the German occupation of Norway during World War II, he was arrested and sent to prison. He published the memoir Vi ga oss ikke (Nasjonalforlaget, 1945) and was a Norwegian witness in the Nuremberg trials in 1946. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1970.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Didrik Cappelen". tore.vamraak.no. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
- ^ Jon Gunnar Arntzen. "Cappelen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
- ^ "Cappelen". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
- ^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Cappelen, Hans". Hvem er Hvem? (in Norwegian) (11 ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
External links[edit]
- Portrait of Hans Cappelen (Oslo Museum)
- Hans Cappelen: Vi ga oss ikke - En Nacht und Nebelfange forteller, Oslo 1945 [1]
- Yale Law School: The Avalon Project, "Nuremberg Trial Proceedings", Vol. 6 [2]
- SWR2 Stand 22.9.2016: Die Nürnberger Prozesse in Originalaufnahmen, "Nürnberg: Hans Cappelen berichtet über die Gestapo-Folter" [3] Archived 2017-12-16 at the Wayback Machine
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