Oskar Mendelsohn
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| Intro | Historian | |||
| Places | Norway | |||
| was | Historian | |||
| Work field | Social science | |||
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| Birth | 29 March 1912 | |||
| Death | 1 August 1993 (aged 81 years) | |||
| Star sign | Aries | |||
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Biography
Oskar Mendelsohn (29 March 1912 – 1 August 1993) was a Norwegian educator, non-fiction writer and historian.
He was born in Trondheim. Among his books is a two-volume work on the history of Jews in Norway, published in 1969 and 1986. In 1990 he published a book on the persecution of Jews in Norway during World War II (English edition in 1991). He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1989.