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Krom Len (1909-2001)

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SurnameKrom
NameLen
Birth year1909
Birth placeLatvia
Death year2001
SexM

Krom Len (1909, Latvia — 2001) — physician. Emigrated to Scotland, studied medicine in Edinburgh, worked as a physician. During the Spanish Civil War, served in the Scottish medical service in Madrid, organised the medical care system for volunteers fighting in the International Brigades against the fascist regime. After the death of Mieczysław Domański, became head of the medical service of the 35th Division. In 1938, returned to Great Britain, joined the communist party, worked as a physician in London. During World War II, served in Italy; from 1945, was head of British hospitals in Naples. His entire family perished in the catastrophe in Latvia. After the war, returned to London, studied neuropathology, worked as a physician. Was secretary of the Society for Cultural Relations with the Soviet Union; chairman of the International Brigades Association.

Works: Pathology of Mental Retardation. 1967; Unbroken: Resistance and Survival in the Concentration Camps. 1988.