Charlie Grant (activist)

Charles Grant (22 October 1902 - 28 May 1980) was a Canadian salesman and human rights activist.

He left home early to travel and eventually became a diamond broker in Vienna.

In 1938 he was arrested by the Nazis for currency speculation and spent the entire war in internment camps.

He is portrayed by R. H. Thomson [1] in the fictionalized account of his war experiences in Charlie Grant's War which aired 1985 on CBC.[2]

References
  1. Charlie Grant's War (TV Movie 1984) - IMDb, retrieved 2019-12-28
  2. Abella, Irving. "Charles Grant". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-06-13.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.