Author’s Note from my Dad’s Journal of Memories
My Dad’s note about his journal: Because I am not a very good typist or too good at English grammar I have chosen to heavily illustrate this book. As the saying […]
Category Archives: Denmark
The Three Clues Ghost Story
Note from Editor/Daughter: My dad loved ghost stories so this story of a ghost in his childhood home was great fun for him. This was told to him by the current […]
The Old Farm at Skaevinge & Jeppe, the Cheeky Horse, Denmark 1949
Note from Editor/Daughter: This story, from my dad’s journal of memories, is about the last job he had in Denmark before emigrating to Canada. In late 1948 I came to […]
In Sweden with ‘that Devil Dane’, 1946
Note from Editor/Daughter: This story dates back to just after World War 2, from my dad’s journal of memories. I met with Poul Kofod in Copenhagen and from there we […]
Ollerup School in Gymnastics, Denmark 1941
Editor/Daughter’s Note: During the Second World War my dad lived in occupied Denmark, moving around the country working on various farms. In 1941-42 he went to the Ollerup School of […]
The Anker Avlund Resistance Group in Denmark 1944-45
Note from Editor/Daughter: These stories are from my dad’s journal of memories. This story dates from the last days of WW2 when my dad was working for a farmer who […]
Historic Lejre, Denmark 1944
Editor/Daughter’s Note: This is an excerpt from my dad’s journals of memories. I landed a job as farm foreman at Viggo Fransen’s farm near Lejre on Zealand. Viggo was the […]
