Knud Holmboe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Knud Holmboe

Danish journalist

Date of Birth: 22-Apr-1902

Place of Birth: Horsens, Central Denmark Region, Denmark

Date of Death: 13-Oct-1931

Profession: writer, journalist, explorer

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Knud Valdemar Gylding Holmboe (22 April 1902 Horsens Denmark – 13 October 1931 Aqaba, Jordan) was a Danish journalist, author and explorer who converted from Protestantism to Catholicism in 1921, and, after a sojourn in North Africa, ultimately converted to Islam in 1929.
Six years later, he published a book of his experiences on a journey through Libya, that later became famous.
The book exposed the maltreatment of the population the author had witnessed on his journey and the atrocities committed by the Italian colonial power.
This account is especially valuable for its description of the concentration camps into which Italian colonial powers forced bedouin Arabs and where "torture, humiliation, and famine" were rife.
Holmboe was murdered on his way to Makkah in Aqaba in October 1931.
Some suspect that Italian intelligence officials, connected to the regime of Benito Mussolini, conspired in his death.Knud Holmboe is the elder brother of Danish composer Vagn Holmboe.