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Didrik Seip, Rector of the University of Oslo and
one of the most heroic figures among the
Norwegian patriots. Was this intervention due to concern
about the fate he knew awaited him, was it
sentimentality, or did it mean admiration for a man
who dared speak his mind fearlessly? Whatever
the explanation may be, Himmler was certainly
one of the most contradictory characters I have
ever encountered. The experiences of Professor
Seip and of Bishop Eivind Berggrav, the two great
Norwegian patriots, which they related to me,
parallel my own observations and impressions.
Himmler ordered Professor Seip to be released
from the concentration camp where he had been
held and, apologizing for the brutal manner in
which he had been treated, offered him every
facility for continuing his scientific studies in
Germany, with the same remuneration he had
received as Rector of the University of Oslo. Seip
told me that he regarded Himmler as a kind of
idealist, with a particular liking for the
Scandinavian countries. And when I met Bishop
Berggrav in Oslo, in the middle of May this year, he
expressed a similar opinion. He told me that one
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