Hans Cappelen

Hans Cappelen (18 December 1903 – 21 October 1979 ) was a Norwegian jurist, businessperson and resistance fighter.

Hans Cappelen
Born(1903-12-18)18 December 1903
Kviteseid, Norway
Died21 October 1979(1979-10-21) (aged 75)
NationalityNorwegian
Occupationjurist, businessperson and resistance fighter
AwardsOrder of St. Olav

He was born at Kviteseid in Telemark, Norway. He was a son of Supreme Court Attorney Didrik Cappelen (1873-1941) and Antoinette Therese von der Lippe (1876-1934). He was a brother of Didrik Cappelen.[1][2][3]

He held a degree in law and worked in senior positions in the Philips Group and was a member of the board of Norsk AS Philips. Under the German occupation of Norway during World War II, he was arrested and sent to prison. He published the memoir Vi ga oss ikke (Nasjonalforlaget, 1945) and was a Norwegian witness in the Nuremberg trials in 1946. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1970.[4]

References
  1. "Didrik Cappelen". tore.vamraak.no. Archived from the original on August 18, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  2. Jon Gunnar Arntzen. "Cappelen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  3. "Cappelen". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  4. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Cappelen, Hans". Hvem er Hvem? (in Norwegian) (11 ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  • Portrait of Hans Cappelen (Oslo Museum)
  • Hans Cappelen: Vi ga oss ikke - En Nacht und Nebelfange forteller, Oslo 1945
  • Yale Law School: The Avalon Project, "Nuremberg Trial Proceedings", Vol. 6
  • SWR2 Stand 22.9.2016: Die Nürnberger Prozesse in Originalaufnahmen, "Nürnberg: Hans Cappelen berichtet über die Gestapo-Folter"



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