Karl Holter
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Karl Holter | |
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| Born | June 30, 1885 |
| Died | June 7, 1963 (aged 77) |
| Resting place | Vestre Gravlund[1] |
| Occupation | Actor |
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Karl Holter (June 30, 1885 – June 7, 1963)[2] was a Norwegian actor, writer, and Waffen-SS member.[3]
Holter was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway.[3] He debuted in 1912 at the Central Theater and after that was mainly engaged with the Norwegian Theater until 1935.[3] He was also a journalist for the newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad from 1917 to 1920.[3]
In 1936, at age 51, Holter won the Norwegian part of an international novel competition with the story Skinnbrevet (The Parchment Letter).[4][5] This was also his debut as a writer.
In 1941, Holter became a member of Nasjonal Samling. The same year, he directed Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts for NRK's Radio Theater. In 1942 he volunteered for active front duty. After a short period of officer training, at age 57 Holter was sent to the Leningrad Front from October 1942 to March 1943 as a war correspondent.[6]
Holter was considered a prominent author in Nasjonal Samling circles, and he became one of Gyldendal's most published authors while the publisher was led by Tore Hamsun.[7]
After the war, Holter was convicted of treason and sentenced to three years and three months of forced labor and limited loss of rights.[8] After serving his sentence, Holter did not return as an actor, but he continued to write and published five books. Among these was Frontkjempere (Front-Line Soldiers, 1951), a description of experiences at the Leningrad Front.
