Arne Brun Lie, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Arne Brun Lie

Norwegian-American writer

Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1925

Date of Death: 11-Apr-2010

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Arne Brun Lie

  • Arne Brun Lie (February 2, 1925 - April 11, 2010) was a Norwegian-American author and Holocaust survivor, best known for the book Night and Fog: A Survivor's Story (1990).
  • Born in Oslo, Norway, Lie was a member of the Norwegian Resistance during the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany.
  • He was captured by the Gestapo in 1943 for resistance activity at sixteen years of age.
  • He spent a year in Nazi concentration camps, including Natzweiler-Struthof and Dachau.
  • He was released in 1944.Following his release, Lie moved back to Norway.
  • He immigrated to the United States in the early 1980s, and since then became public about his Holocaust experience, publishing a book and releasing a documentary film.
  • Lie moved to Ipswich, MA in 1989.
  • He was the brother of Sylvei Brun Lie, who is the wife of the famous Norwegian lawyer, judge and politician Jens Evensen.
  • Arne Brun Lie died on 11 April 2010 in Beverly, MA.
  • He was 85 years old.

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