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Kai Christian Middelthon Holst (24 February 1913 – 27 June 1945) was a Norwegian seaman, fur farmer and resistance fighter during World War II.〔''Fra varm til kald krig'', 89–92〕 When the leadership of Milorg was torn up by the Gestapo in 1942, he acquired a leading role in the organisation and participated in re-establishing the central leadership (Sentralledelsen, SL) of Milorg together with Jens Christian Hauge.〔〔"After this severe draining of the central leadership in SL there was only one connection between the council and all sections within O, namely Kai Holst. There were no horizontal connections, so very much was dependent on him", ''Milorg 1941–43'', 23〕 Holst had to flee Norway in the autumn of 1943〔〔"In August 1943 Kaka crossed the border and by that concluded a uniquely intense effort in occupied Norway", from ''Rapport om mitt arbeid under okkupasjonen'', 134〕〔"But during the summer a range of important colleagues had to travel due to razzias and warnings. From Grini there came a warning that Gestapo were on the trail of Kaka (Kai Holst), and in August he went over the border to Sweden, where he soon got important tasks at the Norwegian military office in Stockholm. It was with heavy heart that Hauge let him go. Kaka's bravery, unselfishness (selvoppofrelse) and contagious activism had made him a close friend and a rare valuable colleague. But the dangersigns were after a while so many that both Hauge and Holst realized that it was best to give up while he could.", from ''Jens Chr. Hauge : fullt og helt'', 149〕 and stayed in Sweden until the liberation of Norway in 1945. Holst is remembered both for his work with the Norwegian resistance and for the circumstances surrounding his death in Stockholm in 1945.〔 Holst's demise was so much talked of at the time that the Milorg leadership issued a statement in the Norwegian newspaper ''Aftenposten'' in July 1945.〔Milorg-leadership statement regarding Kai Holst's death, of 19 July 1945: "Due to the sensation that has emerged concerning Kai Holst's death we want, after Swedish and Norwegian police have made thorough investigations, to give the statement below: Kai Holst very early entered the work with establishing the resistance forces. He was connected to the leadership (Sentralledelsen), where his work was of invaluable use. His strong and good character, his bravery, clear intelligence and charm made him unusually well fit for this work. In 1943 he was ordered to leave the country, after he had been heavily sought by the Gestapo. In Sweden he was immediately employed by the Norwegian legation in Stockholm, where he continued his outstanding work to support the resistance forces. When peace arrived, it was natural that he got a responsible task in connection with winding down the large structure that had been established in Sweden. Throughout the fight for freedom Kai Holst used all his strength. He worked day and night without thought of himself, and without taking into consideration that he had been through a severe illness that he had won over, but that had given him a severe physical handicap. When he after all managed the enormous workload through several years, it was the satisfaction he felt by submitting his utmost. One has been able to follow Kai Holst from day to day, and in the last time perid from hour to hour and on the basis of this it can be stated that there has not been found any proof (holdepunkt) for the assumption that there is a murder. Neither has there been found anything that hints that he – even a few minutes before his death – had plans about taking his own life, and he cannot be seen to have had any motive for such an act. All his dispositions, on the contrary, show that he calculated on living. This is also in line with the impression his friends that talked with him got, also during his last journey from Norway back to Sweden. In the last weeks and days under and after the capitulation, the workload Kai Holst had, reached such a degree of intensity that it went above what a human could manage. He wore himself out in the fight for the liberation of the country. Olaf Helset Carl Semb Michael S. Hansson Oslo, 19 July 1945", from ''Fra varm til kald krig'', 111–112, originally printed in ''Aftenposten'', 21 July 1945〕 Swedish and Norwegian authorities officially concluded that Holst committed suicide,〔〔 but his family and many of his friends and colleagues were of the opinion that Holst was murdered.〔〔〔"Also a lot of other friends and colleagues of Holst from the war reject the suicide theory as nonsense. The Swedish police showed little ability or will in solving the case, they argue", ''Fra varm til kald krig'', 105〕〔〔〔 == Background == Kai Holst was born and grew up in the town of Lillehammer. He was the son of businessman Christian Holst and Inga Holst, born Rasmussen, both originally from Stavanger.〔 After elementary school Holst attended secondary school and vocational training in Lillehammer.〔 A couple of years after his confirmation he found work as a seaman, and in the years 1930–1933 he sailed on MS ''Brageland'', owned by the Norwegian shipping company Sydamerikalinjen, then transferred to , owned by the Norwegian shipowner Ditlev-Simonsen.〔 In 1933 he finished working as a seaman and became a fur farmer in Mesnali, east of Lillehammer.〔 Holst contracted tuberculosis and just before the outbreak of World War II he had a major operation related to his pulmonary tuberculosis.〔 From December 1944 until his death he was married to Margarete Corneliussen, daughter of Ragnar Corneliussen, the president of Tiedemann's tobacco factory and a member of the board of Industriforbundet, and Monna Morgenstierne Roll. He was thus brother-in-law to Major General Ole Otto Paus, who was married to his wife's sister Else. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kai Holst」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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