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| FOREWORD BY NES BYGDEBOKNEMND | 9 | |
| FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR | 11 | |
PART 1 : | ||
IN THE WORLD WAR | 13 | |
| INTRODUCTION: | ||
| NES IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD | 14 | |
| Economic crisis for the municipality and in the primary industries 14 | ||
| Unemployment and low wages 15 | ||
| "Self-government" in the parishes - weak central administration 15 | ||
| More about the situation in agriculture and forestry 16 | ||
| Great activity in organizations and associations 16 | ||
| Rise and changes in the late 30s 17 | ||
| 1939 - pre-war atmosphere 17 | ||
| "an urgent appeal to the local population..." 19 | ||
| "The phony war" - and the Finnish war 21 | ||
| APRIL DAYS 1940 | 24 | |
| "I remember the big one, black airplane with swastika" 24 | ||
| "The "Panic Days" in Oslo, and rumors in circulation 25 | ||
| The bridges will be blown up 27 | ||
| Rationing and extraordinary authorizations to the Supply Board 31 | ||
| Money problems 33 | ||
| NOOSES IN THE WAR | 34 | |
| Kulmoen tent shelter and other mobilization sites 34 | ||
| War participants on three fronts 37 | ||
| Trandum - Toten - Gausdal 38 | ||
| From the battles along Glomma 41 | ||
| War participant at Strandlykkja 42 | ||
| Off to war as a doctor 43 | ||
| Battle for the memory of the fallen 48 | ||
| "NORMALIZATION" - AND "NEW ARRANGEMENT" | 49 | |
| "Normalization" - summer 1940 49 | ||
| Political "reorganization" in the fall of 1940 49 | ||
| Party boxes seized 50 | ||
| The German "Wehrmacht" in Runnileiren and other places 51 | ||
| The Germans requisition house room 55 | ||
| Wehrmacht does not tolerate provocations! 56 | ||
| "THE NEW ERA" IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT | 57 | |
| The guiding principle: "We've finally got the rotten board under control" 57 | ||
| Herredstinget 58 | ||
| Parish association 59 | ||
| Dispute over appointment of head of care 60 | ||
| "The "reorganization" of the Land Board 61 | ||
| ATTITUDE STRUGGLE AGAINST POLITICAL PRESSURE | 62 | |
| Teachers and the "new era" 62 | ||
| 23 teachers into NS 62 | ||
| NS will influence the school ideologically 63 | ||
| "...the same stubborn resistance": The battle for the Teachers' Union 65 | ||
| Adolf Husby to Kirkenes 66 | ||
| Municipal employees are exposed to pressure and political screening 70 | ||
| Priests stop working and parish councils are "reorganized" 72 | ||
| Sports strike 74 | ||
| THE DAILY STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE | 78 | |
| Unbalanced diet, but no distress 78 | ||
| Potatoes and dark flour 79 | ||
| Matauk: Wild pigs, rabbits and chickens 80 | ||
| A housewife says 80 | ||
| Dr. Johnson's "menagerie" - and other diary entries about food 82 | ||
| Shoes of fish skin and dress of old tablecloths 87 | ||
| The doctor: Footwear shortage often worse than food shortage 90 | ||
| Exchange of goods and ration cards 90 | ||
| Crisis recipes 92 | ||
| The great cranberry war 93 | ||
| Good health in the crescents 96 | ||
| From a national game's "praxis" 97 | ||
| A sick visit that made a strong impression on the doctor 100 | ||
| SUPPLIES AND REQUISITIONS | 102 | |
| Supply board - important for the daily bread 102 | ||
| Busy times at the Utilities Board 104 | ||
| 3 salaried employees shared 4.5 sqm "office" 106 | ||
| Brief report on the supply situation in 1943 107 | ||
| Requisitions 108 | ||
| Controllers 110 | ||
| Mills - important for daily bread 111 | ||
| WORK AND BUSINESS IN A STRAITJACKET | 113 | |
| Economic development: In 1939, the municipality was over the 113 | ||
| 1940 - from abrupt peak to boom 113 | ||
| "Quislinger" and "uslinger" 115 | ||
| Raumnes Sparebank is established 115 | ||
| Compulsory employment services 118 | ||
| "National effort" in the north 119 | ||
| Agriculture: Dairy production on cellulose and herring meal 122 | ||
| Order for more open fields 124 | ||
| The Germans requisitioned horses on the farms 125 | ||
| Tractor on starvation lining 126 | ||
| Good profits, but agriculture took a toll on capital 129 | ||
| Firewood and timber 129 | ||
| Lack of horse power and horse feed 132 | ||
| Lack of labor assistance in agriculture and forestry 133 | ||
| When the Germans razed Munkerud forest 134 | ||
| Funnefoss delivers wood pulp to Germany 134 | ||
| Black market trading? 136 | ||
| Merchant in wartime 137 | ||
| Communication and transportation with knob and generator 141 | ||
| THERE WERE ALSO PARTIES AND LEISURE TIME DURING THE WAR | 144 | |
| Cinema in joint use with the Germans 144 | ||
| Bazaars, Christmas parties and religious meetings 146 | ||
| Festive life 147 | ||
| NATIONAL COLLECTION IN NES | 150 | |
| Those who were on the other side 150 | ||
| "...fresh national music resounded through the hall" 150 | ||
| "Nesbows - forward to the new era!" 151 | ||
| But most were harmless 152 | ||
| NS' undergrowth 153 | ||
| The frontline fighters 154 | ||
| A frontline fighter's story 155 | ||
| The county governor 157 | ||
| Who were the NS members? 160 | ||
| Why did people join NS? 163 | ||
| LABOR SERVICE (A.T.) IN NES | 167 | |
| Administration Council Work Service 167 | ||
| The A.T. camp at Røå 168 | ||
| Organized according to military pattern 169 | ||
| New breaks and new work 171 | ||
| "On the axle pole!" 172 | ||
| When an A.T. boy "drowned" in the Glomma 173 | ||
| Female Labor Service and Norwegian Land Service 174 | ||
| GAG AND CONTROL | 177 | |
| Blackout curtains 177 | ||
| The weapons are seized 178 | ||
| Fear of free speech: newspaper censorship and pigeon flight bans 179 | ||
| Local newspaper "Øvre Romerike" Nazified 180 | ||
| The radios are confiscated, but "Radio London" reaches 181 | ||
| Illegal newspapers 183 | ||
| Within "Border zone East" 186 | ||
| GESTAPO ROLLS UP AT ÅRNES | 190 | |
| The resistance group at Årnes 190 | ||
| Fear of betrayal 192 | ||
| "The "Osvald" group carries out a liquidation 192 | ||
| Roll-up and mass arrests 193 | ||
| Witness to the tragic events 194 | ||
| The connection to Sørumsand 195 | ||
| Øverland escapes 196 | ||
| A special trial 197 | ||
| An unbound Swedish guest 199 | ||
| On death row at Akershus 201 | ||
| To Trandumskogen and Sachsenhausen 202 | ||
| The consequences of the roll-up 202 | ||
| GERMAN RAIDS AND ARRESTS | 204 | |
| Carved ski rails for the resistance movement - arrested 204 | ||
| More arrests 205 | ||
| House surveys 206 | ||
| Overnight guests 206 | ||
| 250 kroner in fines for cartridges 207 | ||
| Compromising photographs 207 | ||
| In car control with milor stuff in the back seat 208 | ||
| Shot by the Germans at Ringsbybrua bridge 209 | ||
| The home front: Financial support for injured resistance fighters 209 | ||
| THE RESISTANCE IS REORGANIZED THROUGHOUT NES | 211 | |
| Milorg area, groups, troops and teams 211 | ||
| Secret meetings 212 | ||
| Mapping and weapon instruction 213 | ||
| Surrender or fight? 215 | ||
| "When there was a hail of gunfire at Minister Stang's cabin" 216 | ||
| Who was in Milorg? 219 | ||
| ON THE RUN TO SWEDEN | 221 | |
| Refugees, pilots and couriers 221 | ||
| "Wild" refugees and organized flight 221 | ||
| Many kinds of refugees 222 | ||
| Export service 223 | ||
| XU-ruta 224 | ||
| XU-Ruta cracker 227 | ||
| IT SINGS ON THE LAST VERSE | 230 | |
| Evacuees from the "scorched earth" 230 | ||
| Mayor: Assassinations and acts of sabotage are carried out continuously 232 | ||
| The Germans get nervous, resistance fighters go into hiding 233 | ||
| MAIDDAYS 1945 | 235 | |
| Raising the flag... 235 | ||
| ...at the earliest stage? 236 | ||
| Jubilation and homecoming 236 | ||
| New sheriff 239 | ||
| Call for calm and order 240 | ||
| Many tasks after the capitulation 241 | ||
| "Without food and drink" militia soldiers are no good either 244 | ||
| May 17, 245 | ||
| Daily bread must still be secured 245 | ||
| British soldiers to Runnileiren camp 245 | ||
| Organizations are waking up - events are flourishing 246 | ||
| The Peace March: "We walked and we walked" 251 | ||
| THE FALLEN AND DEAD FROM NES IN WORLD WAR 2 | 252 | |
Content part 2
PART 2: | ||
POST-WAR PERIOD - REBUILDING AND NEW OPTIMISM | 253 | |
| REORGANIZATION, PURGE AND SETTLEMENT | 254 | |
| Some shadows over peace 254 | ||
| "The "German girls" and the attack on Fuglefjellet 255 | ||
| NS members are sent to Trandumskogen 256 | ||
| Rumors 257 | ||
| Georg Tomter back as mayor; purges in the municipal council 258 | ||
Economic claims against the NS mayor and county council 259 | ||
| Unemployment among public sector employees 259 | ||
| The Nazi authorities" "credit page" 260 | ||
| Investigation of teachers 260 | ||
| The treason settlement: Orders and judgments 262 | ||
| "It was fortunate to get Flesjø, when you first had to have an NS mayor" 264 | ||
| Economic treason? 264 | ||
| Financial losses in the war 264 | ||
| Money restructuring and one-off tax 265 | ||
| The stray radios 266 | ||
| Both human costs and experiences related to the war 267 | ||
| The treason settlement: How do we look at it today? 269 | ||
| FROM POLITICAL LIFE | 271 | |
| Still three electoral parishes in the municipality 271 | ||
| Elections in 1945 - a shift to the left and towards Christian Vedas? 271 | ||
| 1947 election 274 | ||
| Municipal elections from 1951 to 1967 275 | ||
| A class-divided village? 276 | ||
| The heyday of the Labor Party 277 | ||
| Einar Gerhardsen speaks in Nes 178 | ||
| Do Kominform's long arms extend into Nes Herredsstyr? 278 | ||
| Nesbuer on a visit to the Soviet Union 280 | ||
| RUNNI - PROBLEM AND CHALLENGE | 281 | |
| The German camp - a "white elephant"? 281 | ||
| Housing colony or industry in Runnileiren? 282 | ||
| Old home: from Esvall to Runni 283 | ||
| Byga gets maternity home 285 | ||
| Plans for car assembly 286 | ||
| "Movable property" for various purposes 287 | ||
| Secondary school and youth hostel 288 | ||
| Runnisalen - a party venue that's a hassle 289 | ||
| "Collective farm Runni" 289 | ||
| A LITTLE ABOUT THE SUPPLY SITUATION IN THE POST-WAR YEARS | 290 | |
| Continued rationing of many goods 290 | ||
| Quotas, instructions, licenses 294 | ||
| HOUSING SHORTAGE AND HOUSING CONSTRUCTION | 295 | |
| House requisitions 295 | ||
| The tenants in Runnileiren: "Fans are people too" 296 | ||
| "Absolutely reprehensible" housing conditions 296 | ||
| Housing construction - also a task for society 298 | ||
| Municipal plans and zoning requests 299 | ||
| House bank house for 20,000 300 | ||
| The housing pattern - where did people build? 302 | ||
| Straw boards for house building - a new industry in Nes? 303 | ||
| Some facts about housing construction 1945-1955 304 | ||
| THE WOMEN'S SITUATION AT HOME AND OUTSIDE | 305 | |
| Women in paid and unpaid work 305 | ||
| Too many demands on women in the countryside 306 | ||
| "The housewife had to be as much a man as a woman" 307 | ||
| "Hazardous and scandalous water supply conditions" 309 | ||
| Liv Tomter and the waterworks 311 | ||
| The most important thing was water in the barn 312 | ||
| "I've been carrying water for 49 years now" 313 | ||
| Modern kitchens and the rationalization of housework 313 | ||
| Nes Bygdevaskeri 314 | ||
| The first washing machine 315 | ||
| Magazine cooker and vacuum cleaner 316 | ||
| Shared freezers 317 | ||
| Housewife substitutes and housewife holidays 318 | ||
| Nes - a pioneering municipality for health centers 319 | ||
| Maternity benefits for all single mothers 321 | ||
| Self-made stasis with the help of the municipal cutting room 321 | ||
| The women's associations have been the women's "recruitment school" 322 | ||
| Nes Women's Council 324 | ||
| "Only men are considered" 325 | ||
| Workers' and farmers' unions 325 | ||
| The missionary societies - handicrafts and bazaar for the cause 326 | ||
| Sanitary associations - for better public health 327 | ||
| Women in local politics 328 | ||
| Even the little things are important 329 | ||
| SOURCES | 331 | |
| NOTES | 335 | |
