Oskar Mendelsohn | |
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Born | Trondheim, Norway | 29 March 1912
Died | 1 August 1993 | (aged 81)
Occupation(s) | Educator, non-fiction writer, historian |
Awards | Order of St. Olav (1969) |
Oskar Mendelsohn (29 March 1912 – 1 August 1993) was a Norwegian educator, non-fiction writer and historian.
Mendelsohn was born in Trondheim on 29 March 1912. He was a son of wholesaler Aron Mendelsohn and Thora Paltiel. In 1938 he married Sussi Melamed (1910–95).[1]
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.[2][1]