"Not long ago a Norwegian aviator Norway, His statement is a remarkable human document, It in vivid terms a Norwegian's reaction It is a surprisingly long distance around the world and it takes a disproportionately long time to accomplish the journey under present conditions. Considering, however, that in two months I have travelled from the darkness of the mediaeval ages now manifest in Norway several hundred years to the 20th century culture in America, I must say that the speed and the transition is overwhelming. I am afraid that here on the last peaceful bulwark of our culture, Nazism is looked at in much the same innocent manner we in Norway did regard it before the war, It is simply impossible to have any idea how physically and psychically vulgar and rough it is before one has had the experience actually to live in the midst of these things in one's own community, "I fear that, to some extent at least, America views Norway's fight and ihe fight of other countries as something partly not concerning America, because here they are of the opinion that it is only a question of the individual country's liberty. Believe me this fight is something far more important, It is the bitter defence of. the principles of right, those human rights, that culture and humane behaviour which the modern democracies have attained after centuries of wars and bloodshed. In short, those essential conditions of living which, bestow upon one the right to feel like a human being and not like an animal From personal experience I can assure you, continues my countryman, that when the day comes that you discover you have become an animal you refuse point-blank to continue in that role and you will do everything within the limits of possibility to regain your human worth and self-respect, You will soon learn to understand what so-called German thoroughness is, Costly "Defence"
"Through the streets, daily, you will see singing and marching German soldiers who are defending you against the English, This defence costs Norway about 100,000,000 kroner per month, 'Hell Hitler' keeps buzz zing about one's ears throughout the entire day. As often as not the streets are filled with as many Germans as Norwegians, They circulate in a steady stream between shops and restaurants, They are well provided with money and do not need rationing cards. In front of the Storting (Parliament Building) and other public buildings you see Nazi soldiers with fixed bayonets, In the halls and rooms of the Storting there are crowds of German functionaries, civil and military, They are directing the paralysed industrial life of Norway with that typical attention to details which only Germans can show. ' All Norwegian leaders have, to a lesser or greater degree, become aqualy aware that it would be as impossible to deny your own statement as to travel to the moon, German Lie Exposed "Let me interrupt for a moment my countryman's impressions and relate an amusing incident concerning this export of food stuffs to Germany. You know of course that German firns constitute an important in-gradient of the Nazi propaganda diet in Norway since the Nazis firmly believe that no Norwegian would contest the veracity of actual photographs, The Nazis recently ran a film showing the unloading of German ships at one of the docks in Oslo, thus attempting to convey the impression that the were bringing their own supplies to Norway, Suddenly a man rose in the audience and shouted:—Stop! You are running the film in reverse.
"The other day, on his return to Shanghai, the chief of the local Nazi propaganda news agency granted an interview to one of the local papers. He stated that living conditions were quite good in Berlin and that no ration cards are required for poultry and fish which are available in large quantities, I am glad one of the Nazis, and especially one occupying such an important position, confirmed what I have maintained all the time since the invasion, that his fellow. plunderers have made a thorough job of it in my country, and in other occupied countries, The latest information I have from Norway is to the effect that the Northland provinces, centre of the richest fisheries in all Europe, are faced with the extraordinary pi of without fish to eat!" This is, of course, thanks to Nazi demands that practically the whole catch of fresh fish be shipped to Germany for consumption, While they are thus depriving Norwegians of sorely-needed fish and fish products the boast that they are really helping Norway by creating a good market for fish, Life has always been hard for the fisher-fuel, bait and equipment, they have eir to pay exorbitant prices for such material as can be purchased. Operating expenses have risen so sharply that with the prices paid by Germans for fish there is little or no profit in fishing nowadays,
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