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it was certainly the first time they had been
invited to take part in a discussion, seated at a
conference table. It was touching to see how their
spirits rose, how their faces lit up, how hope was
reborn, when I was able to tell them that in a few
days they would be sent back to Denmark.
When I took my departure the Danes and
Norwegians gathered along the enclosure of
electrified wire that surrounded the camp. I called
to them “Paa gjensyn” (Danish for “Au revoir”),
saw the joy in their eyes, and trusted they really
understood that we had no intention of going
away before accomplishing the task we had set
ourselves. But I thought, too, of the prisoners of
whom I had caught a glimpse in a part of the camp
where there were no Scandinavians, and where
we had no power. There were thousands of
unhappy human beings there, or rather human
wrecks, wandering aimlessly about the camp,
apathetic, vacant, incapable of ever returning to
a normal existence.
The military situation was now developing at
such a pace that Neuengamme would inevitably
soon be in the fighting zone, and I had a serious
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