What is Jørgen Kieler?
[[File:Jørgen Kieler.jpg|thumb|Jørgen Kieler during the occupation years]] '''Jørgen Kieler''' (23 August 1919 – 19 February 2017<ref name=bdk>{{cite news|url= http://www.b.dk/nationalt/modstandsmanden-joergen-kieler-er-doed |title= Modstandsmanden Jørgen Kieler er død |work= [[Berlingske]] |date= 19 February 2017 |access-date= 19 February 2017 |language= da |trans-title= Resistance member Jørgen Kieler dies}}</ref>) was a Danish physician. He was known for his participation in [[Danish resistance|resistance activities]] under the Nazi German [[occupation of Denmark]] in the early 1940s during [[World War II]]. Together with his sister, Elsebet Kieler, he published ''Frit Denmark'' ({{Lang-da|Free Denmark}}), an [[Underground media in German-occupied Europe|illegal newspaper]]. As a member of the [[Holger Danske (resistance group)|Holger Danske resistance group]], he helped hundreds of Danish Jews to escape to Sweden and avoid extermination.<ref>[http://www.jfr.org/site/PageServer?pagename=sup_kielers Jørgen Kieler, M.D. and Elsebet Kieler from the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved 17 April 2008.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kieler, Jorgen}} [[Category:1919 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Danish writers]] [[Category:Danish physicians]] [[Category:World War II resistance members]] [[Category:Danish activists]] {{bio-stub}}