Word: norwegians
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...months ago he escaped to Sweden. Last week came news that the Norwegian Government in London had restored him to the fight against the Nazis by appointing him Bishop of Liberated Norway. Now, on the tiny stretch of land freed by the Red Army, Bishop Fjellbu can preach as he wishes...
Here at "Little Norway" there is everywhere a close spiritual link with Bishop Berggrav and the church martyrs of Norway (TiME, Dec. 25). I know, for it has been my job (in Public Relations and as assistant to the Commanding Officer of the Norwegian Air Force) for three and a half years to hear the stories of Norway's martyrdom firsthand. At night, in the bare, cold barracks, in darkness except for the light shining on my notebook, I have recorded hundreds of stories that might have inspired such a spiritual as Were You There When They Crucified...
...wonder if you read in our Letters column not so long ago the letter from the editors of the Norwegian underground newspaper Kronniken...
...seven bishops of Norway prepared to act. In a letter addressed to Minister of Church and Education Ragnar Skancke, they denounced the reign of terror by the Storm Troopers, the attack on schools and students, the forced resignation of the Supreme Court, and demanded to know whether the Norwegian State was still Christian...
...brother, fighting with the British, a Norwegian girl wrote: ". . . there is a saying among the people of Norway today, 'So that the many may live, I must be prepared to sacrifice . . . even life itself.' As our own country and our own home are unsafe, the peace of heaven comes remarkably close...