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. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0173722/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm www.imdb.com
  2. ↑ Abella, Irving. "Charles Grant". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-06-13.


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