Martin Nielsen (politician)

Martin Nielsen (12 December 1900 in Gødvad[1] – 1962), was a Danish politician, managing editor, member of parliament for the Communist Party of Denmark and Holocaust survivor.

On 22 June 1941, just hours after the commencement of Operation Barbarossa, Danish police arrested Martin Nielsen and around 300 other members of the Communist Party of Denmark (DKP).

On the 20 August, he and 106 of the arrested men in Copenhagen were deported from Vestre Prison to the Horserød camp.

[4] On 2 October 1943, he was deported as part of a group of 150 communists to Stutthof concentration camp, on the ship Wartheland via Swinemünde and by cattle car.

[4] On 10 March 1945, he was liberated by the Red Army, which sent him (part of the way on foot) to Moscow, from where he was repatriated.