Martin Nielsen

Martin Nielsen (12 December 1900 in Gødvad – 1962), was a Danish politician, managing editor, member of parliament for the Communist Party of Denmark and Holocaust survivor. Before his election to the Danish parliament (Rigsdag) he was a dairyman and farmworker. In December 1942, the Danish authorities handed him and his file over to the Gestapo for interrogation.

On 29 August 1943, following the German dissolution of the Danish government, German occupation forces took command of the internment camp where the Danish authorities held Martin Nielsen.

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.

On 25 January 1945, Nielsen was marched from Stutthof.

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.