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Full resolution (TIFF) - On this page / på denna sida - Hohen-Lüchen February 1945
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not think the Norwegian and Danish Fighters for
Freedom were performing a patriotic and
national duty, he replied in the affirmative. But, he
hastened to add, saboteurs must be prepared to
take the consequences of their acts. I answered by
saying that it was not the punishment of saboteurs
that had aroused such indignation in Sweden, but
the device of taking hostages and the killing of so
many innocent people, both contrary to
humanitarian feeling and international opinion. Himmler
denied these occurrences; whereupon I gave him
a few definite instances. He said there could be
no question but that I was misinformed. At a
subsequent meeting he himself brought up an
example I had cited and admitted that an inquiry he
had instituted showed my facts to be correct. If
this was a premeditated piece of acting, it was
certainly well done. Then came the usual
question: Had I any concrete proposals?
I asked him if it would not be better for him to
suggest any measures that might improve the
situation; to which he replied that he could suggest
nothing. It was at this point that I made the
proposal about the release of Norwegians and Danes
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