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...free peoples of the world gather this week to proclaim again the gospel of peace on earth. In a log hut deep in a forest north of Oslo, Norway, a man who has done as much as any other to keep Christian hope alight in the darkness of occupied Europe will celebrate Christmas, as he has for two years past, a solitary prisoner. Eivind Josef Berggrav resigned his title and position as Bishop of Oslo and Primate of Norway's State Lutheran Church, on Feb. 24, 1942. Arrested two months later by Puppet Dictator Vidkun Quisling, he has ever...
...Peace of Heaven. On April 9, Führer Quisling ordered the arrest of Bishop Berggrav and four other leaders of the Christian Council. The five were thrown into Grini concentration camp. A week later Berggrav was removed to solitary confinement in his forest hut...
...Yorkers had never seen the tall, blue-eyed Bishop before last week. But many a U.S. serviceman in the Solomons counts him a friend. As soon as the Japanese had been driven from Florida Island, the Bishop returned, opened a new episcopal palace-a leaf hut built on the ruined foundation of the mission warehouse. There he kept open house for servicemen. The No. 1 refreshment, prepared by the Bishop in person : fresh-fruit salad...
...Russian fairy tale, Vasilisa the All-Wise walks up to the little hut that stands on hen's legs and says : "Little hut, little hut, turn with your face to me and your back to the sea." And the voice of Baba Yaga, the witch, answers from within the hut: "Fee fo fum, I smell Russian blood. For today the Russian spirit is marching through the world, and it throws itself on your breast and it slaps you in the face...
Each rickety hut (called a "han") shelters several families totaling 20 to 55 persons. U.S. authorities deal with each group through the "hancho," or leader. Camp Susupe's residents wear whatever clothing can be salvaged from captured supplies, eat from the Japs' rice, kelp and canned stores, and take what few food essentials the U.S. can spare. Recently families have been released during the daytime to cultivate green vegetables, which grow easily in Saipan's fertile ground...