"Joachim Holmboe Rønneberg was born in Alesund, on Aug. 30, 1919, one of two sons of Alf and Anna Krag Sandberg Ronneberg. Joachim and his brother, Erling, who also became a wartime resistance fighter, attended schools in Alesund, on Norway’s western coast."[1]
He was the last surviving member of the team of Norwegian resistance fighters who attacked the German Norsk Hydro heavy water production plant in Vemork, Norway, in 1943. This attack was the inspiration for the 1965 movie "The Heroes of Telemark."
Joachim died at Ålesund, Norway, on Sunday, 21 Oct 2018 at the age of 99.
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