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Nina Einhorn

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At a meeting at the university for surviving Polish Jews, she met her husband to be Jerzy Einhorn. The two were among those invited in 1946 to do laboratory work in Copenhagen, Denmark, where on hearing of Jewish problems in Poland they attempted to stay. Faced with residence difficulties in Denmark,
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She managed to survive, first by working in a German textile factory, then by escaping from the ghetto in an ambulance and hiding in various places together with her brother Rudolf, latterly in the village of Krupia Wólka where they stayed until the Russians arrived in January 1945. The two were the
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After her retirement, she continued her involvement in research. From 1997, she chaired Stockholm's Cancerföreningen (Cancer Association) and helped found the patient organization Gyn-Cancerföreningen. Nina Einhorn also supported the Jewish cause, chairing for a time the Israeli institution
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visiting relatives. After returning to Łódź, in February 1940 the family moved to Warsaw and the following November moved into an apartment in the Jewish ghetto. Nina attended a secret chemistry high school in the ghetto, matriculating in July 1942.
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at the Södra BB maternity hospital in Stockholm. As a result of her increasing interest in cancerous tumors, in 1964 she was engaged by Radiumhemmet's gynaecological clinic. In 1968, she accompanied her husband to
133:. In 1971, she completed her doctorate at the Karoliskka Institute. She continued working at Radiumhemmet's gynaecological clinic, which she headed from 1986 until her retirement. Specializing in research into 59:, she chaired both the Swedish Ovarian Cancer Study Group and the International Gynecological Cancer Society. Einhorn also supported the Jewish cause, chairing for a time the Israeli institution 75:, Poland, on 14 February 1925, Nina Rajmic was the daughter of the economist Artur Rajmic and his wife Fanja née Portnoj-Wygodzki. In 1937–38, together with her mother, she spent a year in 148:
In August 1999, Nina Einhorm and her husband were both diagnosed with cancer. Her husband died of leukaemia a few months later and she died of breast cancer on 10 May 2002, aged 77.
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Together with her husband, Nina Einhorn was granted Swedish citizenship in the mid-1950s. On graduating in 1955, she worked as a
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only members of the family to survive. Nina then succeeded in reading medicine at
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cancer treatment centre which she headed from 1986. Specializing in research into
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they moved to Sweden where they undertook further studies, first at the
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in Stockholm. The couple married in 1949 and had two children,
229:"Ninas resa : en berättelse om att överleva / Lättläst" 8: 287:Swedish people of Polish-Jewish descent 157: 173: 171: 169: 167: 165: 163: 161: 7: 199: 197: 16:Swedish physician, cancer researcher 182:. Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon 231:(in Swedish). Litteratur Magazinet 14: 227:Einhorn, Lena (4 February 2008). 67:Early life, education and family 204:Ovander, Petter (12 May 2002). 1: 178:Einhorn, Lena (21 May 2021). 23:Jerzy and Nina Einhorn (1946) 307:Karolinska Institute alumni 282:Swedish medical researchers 206:"Nina Einhorn död i cancer" 323: 277:Polish emigrants to Sweden 131:Kenyatta National Hospital 208:(in Swedish). Aftonbladet 302:Jewish women scientists 43:. A survivor from the 24: 272:Warsaw Ghetto inmates 94:University of Uppsala 22: 98:Karolinska Institute 292:Swedish oncologists 25: 297:Women oncologists 86:Warsaw University 314: 267:People from Łódź 241: 240: 238: 236: 224: 218: 217: 215: 213: 201: 192: 191: 189: 187: 175: 322: 321: 317: 316: 315: 313: 312: 311: 247: 246: 245: 244: 234: 232: 226: 225: 221: 211: 209: 203: 202: 195: 185: 183: 177: 176: 159: 154: 114: 69: 17: 12: 11: 5: 320: 318: 310: 309: 304: 299: 294: 289: 284: 279: 274: 269: 264: 259: 249: 248: 243: 242: 219: 193: 180:"Nina Einhorn" 156: 155: 153: 150: 135:ovarian cancer 113: 110: 96:, then at the 68: 65: 57:ovarian cancer 38:gynaecological 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 319: 308: 305: 303: 300: 298: 295: 293: 290: 288: 285: 283: 280: 278: 275: 273: 270: 268: 265: 263: 260: 258: 255: 254: 252: 230: 223: 220: 207: 200: 198: 194: 181: 174: 172: 170: 168: 166: 164: 162: 158: 151: 149: 146: 144: 143:Keren Hayesod 138: 136: 132: 128: 123: 119: 118:gynaecologist 111: 109: 107: 103: 99: 95: 89: 87: 81: 78: 77:New York City 74: 66: 64: 62: 61:Keren Hayesod 58: 54: 50: 49:Jerzy Einhorn 46: 45:Warsaw Ghetto 42: 39: 35: 32: 29: 21: 233:. Retrieved 222: 210:. Retrieved 184:. Retrieved 147: 139: 122:obstetrician 115: 106:Stefan Artur 90: 82: 70: 53:Radiumhemmet 33: 30: 28:Nina Einhorn 27: 26: 262:2002 deaths 257:1925 births 104:(1954) and 251:Categories 152:References 102:Lene Fanny 235:1 October 212:1 October 186:1 October 108:(1955). 71:Born in 41:oncology 127:Nairobi 112:Career 34:Rajmic 237:2023 214:2023 188:2023 120:and 73:Łódź 145:. 31:née 253:: 196:^ 160:^ 88:. 239:. 216:. 190:.

Index


gynaecological
oncology
Warsaw Ghetto
Jerzy Einhorn
Radiumhemmet
ovarian cancer
Keren Hayesod
Łódź
New York City
Warsaw University
University of Uppsala
Karolinska Institute
Lene Fanny
Stefan Artur
gynaecologist
obstetrician
Nairobi
Kenyatta National Hospital
ovarian cancer
Keren Hayesod







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