- Rolf Schild
Rolf Schild, (1924 - 2003), was a German-born, British-based businessman, a
Jewish refugee fromNazi Germany who formed the companyHuntleigh Technology , based inLuton , which manufactured and designed medical equipment.Schild is perhaps best remembered for being a victim of a notorious kidnapping, with his wife and daughter, by a gang while on holiday in
Sardinia in 1979. He was released 16 days later; his wife was set free in January 1980, and his daughter in March of that year. £220,000 was paid in ransom money; two years later, 13 people were found guilty of the crime and were jailed.Born in
Cologne , Rolf Schild came to Britain in 1939; he later learned his parents were gassed to death by the Nazis inChernow in 1942. He later developed a talent in medical engineering, and in the early 1950s formed his own company, SE Technology, later to become Huntleigh. His achievements in medical design were awarded with an OBE in 1997.External links
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20030503/ai_n12688135/ Rolf Schild obituary by Caroline Richmond]
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