Listed in archival files as calculator (“kalkulatør”) he was arrested on 17th October 1941 and sent to Polizeigefängnis Møllergata 19. On 12th November 1941 he was sent to KZ Grini (#973) and on 21st May 1942 sent further to KZ Sachsenhausen (#42563). There he joined the camp band (“Musikkapelle”) and a swing-trio. He was released on liberation day 8th May 1945.