Malm Erling

Malm, Erling Erling Malm, born in 1882 in Stavanger, was a barrister to the Supreme Court of Norway. His son, Ole Jacob was a young medical doctor in Oslo and a key member of the Norwegian underground, in charge of the secretariat of the coordination committee for the civilian resistance movement (SIVORG). On October 26, 1942, the Gestapo and the Norwegian State Police carried out a nationwide action in which all male Norwegian Jews above 15 years old were to be arrested and deported. Ole Jacob Malm was called to a meeting where he was asked to find safe hiding places for a number of Jews. Ole Jacob was able to assist in taking care of 14 Jews, but was unable to find a place for a Czech medical professor, Dr. Jaroschy and his wife. Ole Jacob turned to his father for help and his father agreed, taking the refugee couple into his house in Oslo until they were to be transferred by another resistance group across the border to Sweden. Unfortunately, they were caught by a police patrol close to the border and arrested. Professor Jaroschy broke under interrogation and revealed the name of Erling Malm. The latter was arrested on November 3, 1942, for having housed Jews. On November 6, 1942, Malm was brought from his solitary confinement cell to the torture cellar at the Gestapo headquarters Victoria Terrace. Afraid that he would give up the name of his son under torture, Erling Malm committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell on the night of November 7, 1942. His son was warned at the last minute and went into hiding. On September 11, 1994, Yad Vashem recognized Erling Malm as Righteous Among the Nations.