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Kai Holst

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Norwegian seaman, fur farmer and resistance fighter during World War II

NorwayLived 1913 to 1945 · aged 32
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Kai Christian Middelthon Holst was a Norwegian seaman, fur farmer and resistance fighter during World War II.

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Norway invaded, German soldiers marching down the main street of Oslo in April 1940Norway invaded, German soldiers marching down the main street of Oslo in April 1940Stureplan in Stockholm in 1943Stureplan in Stockholm in 1943The apartment building in Stockholm where Kai Holst was found dead, Rindögatan 42 on GärdetThe apartment building in Stockholm where Kai Holst was found dead, Rindögatan 42 on GärdetKai Holst's grave in Vestre gravlund in OsloKai Holst's grave in Vestre gravlund in OsloA certificate in which Kai Holst is posthumously honoured by the British King for brave conduct and is thanked for services rendered. The document was issued on 24 June 1950 and was signed by the British prime minister Clement Attlee.A certificate in which Kai Holst is posthumously honoured by the British King for brave conduct and is thanked for services rendered. The document was issued on 24 June 1950 and was signed by the British prime minister Clement Attlee.

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Kai Christian Middelthon Holst was a Norwegian seaman, fur farmer and resistance fighter during World War II. When the leadership of Milorg was torn up by the Gestapo in 1942, he acquired a leading role in the organisation and participated in re-establishing the central leadership of Milorg together with Jens Christian Hauge. Holst had to flee Norway in the autumn of 1943 and stayed in Sweden until the liberation of Norway in 1945.

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Norway
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1913 to 1945 · aged 32
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7 languages

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