Moritz Nachtstern

Moritz Nachtstern (1902-1969), a typographer, was one of the 532 Norwegian Jews deported to Germany on the ship Danau in 1942. From March 1943 until February 1945 he was a prisoner in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Germany. He managed to escape in the chaos of the last days of the war as American forces approached the camp. The author lives in Norway.

Moritz Nachtstern (1902-1969), a typographer, was one of the 532 Norwegian Jews deported to Germany on the ship Danau in 1942. From March 1943 until February 1945 he was a prisoner in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Germany. He managed to escape in the chaos of the last days of the war as American forces approached the camp. The author lives in Norway. See less