J Hist Neurosci. 2013 Apr-Jun;22(2):160-73. doi: 10.1080/0964704X.2012.703905.
Dr. Haakon Sæthre: A Norwegian Neuroscientist and his Resistance against Nazi Germany.
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a Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation , University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago , IL.
Abstract
Dr. Haakon Sæthre was a leader of Norwegian neurology and psychiatry. He was resourceful, compassionate and had immense pride in his independent homeland. He described Sæthre-Chotzen syndrome (acrocephalosyndactyly type III). When Nazi Germany occupied Norway during World War II, Sæthre fearlessly and actively resisted, from revoking his medical association membership, to hiding persecuted Jews as patients in his psychiatric ward and aiding in their escape to Sweden, to managing the largest "illegal" food warehouse in Oslo with Danish humanitarian aid. As a prominent and noticeable citizen, he was arrested and executed by the Nazis in reprisal for the resistance's assassination of a hated NorwegianNazi. His legacy lives on in Norway, where he was honored by a scholarship fund, a portrait and multiple plaques at Ullevål Hospital, and a street and memorial statue in his hometown. He was a hero and should be remembered by all who practice neurology.
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