The Man Who Kept Two Mailboxes
In 1943, a Norwegian farmer named Halvor Knudsen maintained two mailboxes at the end of his lane outside Trondheim. One bore a small Norwegian flag...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 1 Kings 18:21.
In 1943, a Norwegian farmer named Halvor Knudsen maintained two mailboxes at the end of his lane outside Trondheim. One bore a small Norwegian flag sticker. The other displayed the emblem of the Nasjonal Samling, the Nazi collaborationist party. When resistance fighters passed his farm, Halvor spoke warmly of Norwegian freedom. When German patrols came through, he offered them coffee and smiled beneath their banner.…
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