Nina Einhorn

Nina Einhorn née Rajmic (1925–2002) was a Jewish Polish-born Swedish physician who conducted research in the field of gynaecological oncology.

[1] She managed to survive, first by working in a German textile factory, then by escaping from the ghetto in an ambulance and hiding in various places together with her brother Rudolf, latterly in the village of Krupia Wólka where they stayed until the Russians arrived in January 1945.

The two were among those invited in 1946 to do laboratory work in Copenhagen, Denmark, where on hearing of Jewish problems in Poland they attempted to stay.

Faced with residence difficulties in Denmark, they moved to Sweden where they undertook further studies, first at the University of Uppsala, then at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.

From 1997, she chaired Stockholm's Cancerföreningen (Cancer Association) and helped found the patient organization Gyn-Cancerföreningen.

Nina Einhorn also supported the Jewish cause, chairing for a time the Israeli institution Keren Hayesod.