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From the lens Heroes? They Didn't Think So..

  • Edutopia Feb 14, 2012 @ 8:16 pm | delete
    A great story that shows the true spirit of the Danes. Thanks for sharing.
  • Helene-Malmsio Jan 26, 2012 @ 2:56 am | delete
    My step dad sometimes talks about how strange it was to have German soldiers occupy Denmark.... and re the shortages, to this day my mother still won't eat Honey, as it reminds her of not being able to ever have Sugar. Fantastic lens!
  • Quickcutters Dec 25, 2011 @ 3:19 am | delete
    This lens just is amazing. I couldn't stop reading. First hand knowledge is also great.

    MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!
  • LaraineRose Nov 24, 2011 @ 11:38 pm | delete
    As I was scrolling down your list of purple stars this lens especially caught my attention. I read every word. An amazing accounting of personal heroism! Blessings!!!
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Oct 1, 2011 @ 4:18 am | delete
    Excellent!
  • jgelien Sep 27, 2011 @ 2:42 pm | delete
    What a great lens. Thank you so much for sharing this fascinating first-hand history.
  • KarenTBTEN Sep 25, 2011 @ 1:39 pm | delete
    I first heard the story of King Christian riding through the streets in wartime -- and of the extraordinary track record of evacuating Jewish people -- in a children's book, Number the Stars. It's good to hear it from someone with a personal connection. (I noticed that you had Numbers the Stars there in your Amazon recommendations, too.)
  • CruiseReady Sep 25, 2011 @ 4:05 am | delete
    Congratulations on your well deserved Purple Star
  • LisaAuch Sep 24, 2011 @ 9:07 am | delete
    Wow..It is my pleasure to be able to bless this page as a Squid Angel and thankyou for bringing this wonderful page to us!
  • annmackiemiller Sep 20, 2011 @ 6:07 pm | delete
    you write beautifully
  • ana_nimoss Sep 20, 2011 @ 4:13 pm | delete
    Wonderful piece of history you have! I wish my mom would write some of her stories. I used to sit for hours after dinner just to listen to Mom's life as a child, and you bring back that memory. Gracias!
  • Quickcutters Sep 19, 2011 @ 7:41 pm | delete
    I started reading and just could not stop. Very well written and very touching story.
    Thank you for sharing.
  • lestroischenes Sep 12, 2011 @ 6:17 am | delete
    What a wonderful, informative and touching lens. One of the best I've read. Many thanks.
  • poutine Sep 11, 2011 @ 8:09 am | delete
    Wonderfully written and a beautiful story.
  • karmicchristian Sep 11, 2011 @ 8:00 am | delete
    You are an extraordinarily gifted narrator of memorable tales! :)
  • gottaloveit Sep 11, 2011 @ 7:46 am | delete
    Very interesting lens. You've detailed lots of important information that could have been easily lost. Well done.
  • CruiseReady Sep 11, 2011 @ 7:15 am | delete
    Oh my. I can't find words. I was transfixed by your story.
  • Jerrad28 May 16, 2011 @ 4:50 pm | delete
    Very interesting
  • ChrisDay May 8, 2011 @ 9:06 pm | delete
    Christine, this is a fantastic lens, not only because it is beautifully written, not only because it is a great story about 'ordinary' but heroic folk but also because it is a unique personal record, presumably passed down in the time-honoured way of the Vikings, by word of mouth. You have made a real contribution to history by recording it.
  • prosperity66 Feb 14, 2011 @ 10:26 am | delete
    Real heroes are more often than not those we don't expect to be!
    This lens has just been blessed by an angel on Squidoo.
  • jp1978 Oct 30, 2010 @ 1:46 pm | delete
    Yes, we should never forget, and we should never allow truth to be "rewritten". Thank you for sharing.
  • easyforyouebooks Jul 25, 2010 @ 12:25 am | delete
    Hello Christine a very interesting true story - you must have put so much research into this lens and it certainly brings back memories for me. Very well done!!!
  • cdcraftee Jul 24, 2010 @ 8:02 pm | delete
    Sincerest thanks to all - so proud to share this story. Many tears - happy and sad went into this one.
  • axelson Jul 24, 2010 @ 7:50 pm | delete
    A very well written interesting and touching story
  • susannaduffy Jul 19, 2010 @ 5:29 pm | delete
    Wonderful story, it's so easy for me to forget here in Australia how terrible an Occupation would be. Harry and Wanda were indeed heroes of the Resistance. Blessed by an angel today
  • daybreak Jul 14, 2010 @ 8:07 am | delete
    Thanks for taking the time to share this story with the world.
  • oztoo Jul 13, 2010 @ 5:43 pm | delete
    A very moving tribute to Harry and Wanda and all those ordinary/extraordinary people who somehow managed to survive WW2 and any other times of extreme hardship. Thankyou so much for sharing this touching story.
  • hayleylou Jul 13, 2010 @ 3:19 pm | delete
    Thanks for sharing, a really interesting read - you had me gripped, thumbs up :)
  • vallain Jul 13, 2010 @ 1:32 pm | delete
    How important it is for people to get these stories written down and shared, before they are lost forever.
    I read every word. Fascinating!
  • theraggededge Jul 13, 2010 @ 7:31 am | delete
    This is a wonderful tribute to Harry and Wanda. Ordinary/extraordinary is exactly right. My grandfather was shot through the chest and subsequently spent 6 years in a German POW camp while my gran brought up their daughter and worked in a munitions factory while almost incapacitated with bad health. I think my grandfather was the lucky one.

    Great lens, wonderful stories. Be proud.

    Blessed:-)
  • CDT Jul 13, 2010 @ 7:03 am | delete
    A wonderful tribute to your parents in law, Wanda & Harry - the bravery and resourcefulness of ordinary people during WW2 is humbling...

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