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6: “Duus Hansen later recalled . . . ” Duus Hansen’s post-war report to the Rigsarkivet (National Archives) in Copenhagen.

CHAPTER 30: LONDON BECKONS

Note 1: Page 213, 4- Page 214, Line 18: “There’s a message . . . Christophersen we’re talking about.” Dialogues faithfully reconstructed by Sneum in several interviews with the author, 1998-2006.

Note 2: Page 214, Lines 8-9: “Hollingworth . . . later recalled proudly:” Source: SOE Files, National Archives, Kew, London.

Note 3: Page 215, Line 24: “ . . . he could clearly see ...” Source: A detailed report in the SOE Files, National Archives, Kew, London.

Note 4: Page 216, Line 6: “Duus Hansen claimed later . . . ” Source: Duus Hansen’s post- war report to the Rigsarkivet in Copenhagen.

Note 5: Page 217, Lines 6-7: “ . . . Kaj, I want you to go with them . . . ” Dialogue as told to the author by Sneum.

Note 6: Page 217, Line 32: “Duus Hansen’s recollection . . . ” Source: Duus Hansen’s post- war report to the Rigsarkivet, or Danish National Archives.

CHAPTER 31: TREK TO THE UNKNOWN

Note 1: Page 218, Lines 1- 3: “Kaj Oxlund called . . . just outside Copenhagen.” This dialogue has been reconstructed using a detailed Danish police report of March 1942, including a section when Gerda Tapdrup Nielsen, Kaj’s sister, was questioned closely about this conversation.

Note 2: Page 219, Line 28: “The caretaker, Hans Soetje, saw Oxlund and ‘The Russian’ leave ... ” A Copenhagen police interview with Soetje provided all these details and the author has copies of the relevant documents.

Note 3: Page 220, Line 31: “ . . . enough to chill the soul.” In 1999 the author followed in the footsteps of these men as far as the step-off point on their bleak journey.

Note 4: Page 221, Line 26: “ . . . decision taken to press on for Sweden.” This is confirmed in Swedish police reports from March 1942.

Note 5: Page 222, Lines 21-22: “Sigfred saw a small fishing boat . . . ” Christophersen gave his account to Swedish police soon after the tragedy and the author has a copy of the report.

Note 6: Page 224, Line 15: ‘I’ve seen the photographs . . . ” Von Bahr’s photographs (one of which is shown in this book) have featured in several Danish Resistance exhibitions since the war and have been published elsewhere, without the true story of how Oxlund came to be on the ice ever having come to light. Kaj’s last moments, as described here, are taken from the dreadful scenes those photographs show us.

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: CLOSING IN

Note 1: Page 228, Line 6: “ . . . inscribed K. OXLUND.” We know this from Danish and Swedish police reports.

Note 2: Page 229, Line 15: “ . . . was too much for Gerda.” Again, we know about her reaction from detailed Danish police reports. The author has copies of these reports.

Note 3: Page 230, Lines 1-2: “Odmar now ordered . . . Noerreheden . . . ” Danish police reports tell us the identity of the detective chosen to liaise with the Germans.

Note 4: Page 230 , Line 16: “ . . . ice-cutter from Copenhagen to Malmo.” Lunding’s means of transport is confirmed in the SOE Files, National Archives, Kew, London.

Note 5: Page 230, Line 22: “Later he admitted:” Interviews with the author, Mark Ryan, between 1999 and 2003.

Note 6: Page 231, Lines 5-6: “It continued into the early hours . . . ” Source: SOE Files, National Archives, Kew, London.

Note 7: Page 231, Line 34: “Ralph Hollingworth in London:” Source: SOE Files, National Archives, Kew, London.

CHAPTER 33: SURROUNDED

Note 1: Page 234, Line 5: “Instead he revealed . . . ” Swedish and Danish police documents describe the interrogation in detail and how much Christophersen gave away.

Note 2: Page 235, Line 25: “ . . . Sneum explained later.” In interviews with the author, 1998-2006.

Note 3: Page 237 Line 36: “ . . . Major Per Winkel.” Winkel was the fourth member of the so-called “Princes,” the members of the Danish General Staff who during the war made up the Danish Intelligence leadership.

Note 4: Page 238,