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Karel Sperber

Czechoslovak surgeon (1910-1957) · Doctors · Died at 47

Karel Sperber OBE (1910-1957) was a Jewish Czechoslovak surgeon who travelled to England after the Nazi invasion of his country, but unable to practice medicine because he was an alien, took a job as a ship's doctor instead and was captured by Axis forces when his ship was sunk by the Germans.

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Awards

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

About this person

Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1910 to 1957 · aged 47