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impression of being very powerful, even though
their uniforms were somewhat motley and their
weapons varied. I received a very strong impression
of how cleverly the Norwegian resistance movement
was managed when I dined that evening at the home
of my old friend, the National Curator, Harry Fett.
Some of the leading men of the resistance were
present, the President of the Norwegian Supreme Court,
Paal Berg, Bishop Berggrav, and a number of other
well-known Norweigans who had been imprisoned in
Grini’. They all talked about their experiences and
they told me among other things, that only very few
knew the names of the real leaders of the movement.
For example, Paal Berg had lived a long time in the
house of Harry Fett, just outside Oslo, and his host
had not known what an important and responsible
position Berg held in the resistance. Harry Fett
found out only after the German capitulation.
The seventeenth of May, Norway’s national
holiday, with its wild enthusiasm was a moving
experience. Every single person in Oslo had gone out
to` pay tribute to the royal family, represented by
Crown Prince Olav, and to the members of the
resistance movement. A religious service was held at
the fortress of Akershus in front of the wall where
so many Norwegian patriots had been shot. Bishop
Berggrav preached and the Crown Prince received
the Norwegian soldiers trained in Sweden. Then we
witnessed the most important part of the drama, the
huge mass demonstration in front of the Palace.
Tremendous crowds of people had gathered to ex-
1, A well known Oslo prison where many Norwegians
were imprisoned by the Germans. Translator.
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