Harry Vestli

Harry August Vestli (10 May 1918 – 2 September 1942) was a Norwegian trade unionist who was imprisoned and died during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany.

He had gone through middle school,[1] and worked at the factory Lilleborg, where he was the union steward.

[2] On 9 September 1941, the so-called milk strike occurred in Oslo.

The Nazi German occupants of Norway ordered a harsh crackdown on the striking workers, and martial law was declared the next day.

[3] Vestli was imprisoned at both Grini and Akershus Fortress, before being sent to Germany on 16 October 1941.