us-005578-irn509066
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: Steen Christian Fischer was born on 18 September 1920 in Copenhagen, Denmark to Christian Fischer (b. 1870) and Katrine (Antonette Frederikke, b. 1887) Siegfredsen Fischer. He had one sister: Inger Margrethe Fischer (b. 1919). He grew up in a Christian household. He was conscripted into the Royal Danish Navy shortly before the German in invasion of Denmark in April 1940. He was discharged in December 1940 and was then active in the Danish Resistance, assisting with illegal publications and helping Danish Jews flee to Sweden. He was arrested by the Gestapo in July 1944 and deported to the Neuengamme concentration camp. He became sick with jaundice around March 1945 and was rescued by the Red Cross in April 1945 along with several other Danish and Norwegian prisoners. After the war he immigrated to the United States.
has beginning date: 1942-01-01
has end date: 1985-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had some members with language: dan
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn509066
record resource extent: folder 1
record resource structure: The collection is arranged as a single series.
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Contains three Danish passports issued to Steen Fischer, a letter dated 1943 October 21, from Mr. Fischer to the Royal British Legation in Sweden asking to join the British military forces; and a response dated 1943 October 26. The third item is a letter dated 1985 April 29, from Danish Prime Minister Poul Schluter, responding to an earlier letter from Mr. Fischer.
title: Steen Fischer papers