Aksel Zachariassen

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Aksel "Azach" Zachariassen
Aksel Zachariassen in 1962
Born(1898-11-16)16 November 1898
Porsgrunn
Died6 August 1987(1987-08-06) (aged 88)
Oslo

Aksel "Azach" Zachariassen (16 November 1898 – 6 August 1987) was a Norwegian politician, newspaper editor, secretary and writer.

Biography

He was born in

Norwegian Labour Party. Also, he was subject to deportation from the United Kingdom during a visit there in 1919, where he among others tried to rally support for the Red Guards of Finland, and met with Sylvia Pankhurst.[1] Zachariassen participated in the Left Communist Youth League's military strike action of 1924. He was convicted for assisting in this crime and sentenced to 90 days of prison.[2]

Because of his background he was fired as chief editor in 1941, when the newspapers in Norway were usurped by the Nazi authorities, installed when Germany

Red Cross, and to the International Red Cross in Geneva.[5][6][7] After the war he was hired in A-pressens felles Oslo-redaksjon in 1946 and Arbeidernes Pressekontor in 1947. He was the chief secretary in Arbeidernes Opplysningsforbund from 1950 to 1962, except for the time from 1953 to 1954 when he was an attaché at the Norwegian embassy in London.[1]

Zachariassen also wrote many books. The two main categories of books were history books of trade unions, as well as biographies of people in the labour movement.[1] He is also known for the propagandistic history book Den røde ungdom i kamp og seier. Norges kommunistiske ungdomsforbund gjennem 20 aar which he wrote together with Arvid G. Hansen and Eugène Olaussen.[8] He published his memoirs in 1978.[9] He died in August 1987 in Oslo.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Kjeldstadli, Knut. "Aksel Zachariassen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
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  3. ^ Giertsen, Børre R., ed. (1946). "827. Zachariassen, Aksel". Norsk fangeleksikon. Grinifangene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 32.
  4. ^ Heger, Wanda (1995) [1984]. Hver fredag foran porten (in Norwegian) (2 ed.). Oslo: Gyldendal. pp. 46–47.
  5. ^ a b Ottosen, Kristian (1995) [1990]. "Menneskene i Gross Kreutz". Liv og død. Historien om Sachsenhausen-fangene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 181–184.
  6. ^ Seip, Didrik Arup (1946). Hjemme og i fiendeland (in Norwegian). Oslo: Gyldendal. pp. 508, 518, 561, 584.
  7. ^ Heger 1995: pp. 65–67
  8. ^ Kjeldstadli, Knut. "Eugène Olaussen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  9. Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
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