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OWn graves, and when it was ready, they were lined
up in the grave and shot without further ado. The
Germans had left no traces of these executions and
had completely levelled the ground. However, thanks
to the fact that some men of the resistance were
observing from a nearby mountain with binoculars,
the graves had been discovered.
The other camp we visited was situated above the _
timber line, high up in the barren mountains near
Krokelva. Here about eight hundred men were
imprisoned all year round. The camp was bad, and
rations had been scant and very poor. It was not
difficult to imagine how these prisoners had suffered.
The numerous gravestones showed that many of
them had succumbed. We left this camp, the final
point on our tour of inspection, in very low spirits.
We were told, however, that all the camps were not
as bad as that one and that some of them were in
rather good shape. Before my departure, I had the
pleasure to inform the Norwegian representatives
that the Swedish government had made available
ten thousand uniforms to be distributed among the
Russian prisoners of war for their journey home.
When we took off from Bodö airport, we saw the
valley and the towering mountain ranges nearby
disappear into the distance. Seldom have I seen such
overwhelming and beautiful scenery. At that
moment, it was very hard to imagine that so much
suffering and misery could have occurred in these
regions during the last few years. However, we could
not forget the many prison camps strung along the
projected route for the railroad.
I want to relate a little episode which occurred on
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