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Dad's painting of wartime sabotage in Denmark,1944-45

The Anker Avlund Resistance Group in Denmark 1944-45

April 9, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 5 Comments

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 […]

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Dad's painting of the horse called Beast, 1943

Historic Lejre, Denmark 1944

April 5, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

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 […]

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Thor’s Island (or in present day language, Tåsinge), Denmark 1941

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Editor/Daughter’s Note: This is an excerpt from my dad’s journals of memories. Mostly he did paintings to help him tell his stories, but in this case he scotch-taped magazine pictures […]

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Dad's painting of 'the big ears always listening' in when students phoned home from the Agriculture school in Denmark

Dalum Agricultural School in Denmark, 1943-44

March 15, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

Editor/Daughter’s Note: In 1943 my dad worked for a farmer called Soren Sorensen who encouraged him to take agricultural courses. Sorensen had run afoul of the German occupiers by running […]

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Dad's painting of a milkman and his horse on their route in Denmark,1943

Sorensen’s Farm in Occupied Denmark, 1943

March 11, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 5 Comments

Editor/Daughter’s Note: During the Second World War my dad lived in occupied Denmark, and moved around the country working on various farms (and occasionally getting into trouble with the German […]

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Dad's painting of the harvest in Denmark, 1942

Life near the German Border during WW2, Denmark 1942

March 4, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

Editor/Daughter’s Note: During the Second World War my dad lived in occupied Denmark, and moved around the country working on various farms (and occasionally getting into trouble with the German […]

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