Background
Einhorn, Jerzy was born on July 26, 1925 in Czestochowa, Poland. Son of Pinkus Mendel and Sara (Blibaum) Einhorn. arrived in Sweden, 1946.
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Jerzy EINHORN
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Education
Uppsala University, Bachelor of Medicine, 1949. Karolinska Institute, Doctor of Medicine, 1954, Doctor of Philosophy, 1958. Spoken languages: Swedish, English, Polish, Yiddish, German.
Career
Born into a Yiddish-speaking Jewish family, he became a victim of the Holocaust during World World War World War II He was first sent to the Warsaw Ghetto, then to the Częstochowa Ghetto outside his hometown, where he was detained at the HASAG-Placery concentration camp between June 1943 and January 1945. He later chronicled his experience there in a book entitled Utvald att leva (English: Chosen to live). Einhorn worked at Sweden"s prestigious oncological institution, Radiumhemmet at the Karolinska Institute from 1967 till he retired in 1992.
He was a professor of radiotherapy and the director of the Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm.
During 1991-1994, Einhorn was a Swedish Member of Parliament for the Christian Democrats. Stefan Einhorn is a professor of molecular oncology at the Karolinska Institute, and works as an Doctor of Medicine at Radiumhemmet.
Achievements
Religion
Jewish
Membership
Member Swedish Parliament, 1991-1994, chairman standing commission on priorities in health care, since 1992. Second lieutenant Swedish Army, 1959-1964. Member Scientific Council National Swedish Board Health and Welfare, Board International Monitor.
Interests
Connections
Married Nina Rajmic, October 1, 1949. Children: Lena Fanny, Stefan Arthur.
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Nationality
Poland Sweden -
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Religion
Judaism -
Political Party
Christian Democrats
Education
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1949
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1954
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1958
Career
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1959 - 1967
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1967
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1967 - 1975
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1975 - 1994