Does anyone know anything about Algot Niska? His name popped up in Ann Landers' Feb. 7 column: "Finland also had its own Schindler-type character. In 1938, Algot Niska, known as an adventurer and liquor smuggler, was credited with rescuing 150 Jews by making trips into German-occupied territory and supplying Jews with forged Swedish or Finnish passports and getting them out of danger." A quick check of local data bases produced no hits. Is there a good, reliable source of biographical information on Niska? I'm especially interested in his liquor smuggling activities. David Courtwright -- [log in to unmask]