Ole Albert Lauen
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Ole Albert Lauen lived with his wife Rebekka on a farm near Lyngdal. Ole was not personally involved in the resistance movement. They had a tenant, someone whom they considered a good Norwegian. Someone they thought they could trust. One evening Rebekka and Ole were sitting at the kitchen table, believing they were alone. Rebekka asked her husband about someone they knew, wondering where this person had placed his rifles. Ole replied that he had spoken with the person about the situation. They didn’t realize their tenant was listening to them on the other side of the kitchen door, taking everything in. There was a prison camp near Lyngdal, near Romsletta, where Soviet prisoners of war were being held, and German personnel worked. The tenant also performed at this camp and told the Germans about what Ole said to his wife in the kitchen, receiving a Kr 2000 as a reward. A few days later, Ole was working at the grindstone near the farmhouse when unknown men grabbed him without Rebekka finding out why. Ole was taken to the Arkivet, tortured, and sent to Kristiansand Hospital for treatment. (Source: Farsund Avis, 8 January 1994).
Was Ole Albert Lauen sent to the Arkivet because he was part of the resistance movement? What do you think?
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