Hem E, Børdahl P E
Institutt for medisinske atferdsfag Universitetet i Oslo Postboks 1111 Blindern 0317 Oslo.
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2001 Dec 10;121(30):3568-73.
From 1938 onwards, the predicament of Central European Jews was desperate. Norway was one of the most restrictive countries in terms of granting sanctuary to Jewish refugees; in 1939, however, director general of the Norwegian Board of Health Karl Evang (1902-81) proposed that entry permits be issued to a limited number of foreign physicians. This set off a fierce debate in newspaper, journals and medical associations. This article gives an account of that debate. The main arguments against allowing entry were fear of unemployment among Norwegian physicians and the contention that there was no need for foreign physicians in Norway. Anti-Semitic sentiments were hardly expressed. There was, however, almost no realization in Norway of the plight of the Jews, neither among the public at large nor in the medical profession. As it turned out, nine foreign physicians were allowed in, most of them from Czechoslovakia, four of them of professorial rank. Soon after the German occupation of Norway in 1940, Nazi authorities revoked their medical licenses.
从1938年起，中欧犹太人的处境极其危急。在给予犹太难民庇护方面，挪威是限制最为严格的国家之一；然而，1939年，挪威卫生局局长卡尔·埃旺（1902 - 1981）提议向有限数量的外国医生发放入境许可。这在报纸、期刊和医学协会中引发了激烈辩论。本文讲述了那场辩论。反对允许外国医生入境的主要理由是担心挪威医生失业，以及认为挪威不需要外国医生。几乎没有表达出反犹情绪。然而，在挪威，无论是广大公众还是医学界，几乎都没有意识到犹太人的困境。结果，九名外国医生被允许入境，他们大多来自捷克斯洛伐克，其中四人具有教授级别。1940年德国占领挪威后不久，纳粹当局吊销了他们的行医执照。
