Heartfelt Greetings: From Nazi-Occupied Norway Paperback – December 20, 2021

The book is sincere and factual with actual emotional feelings with every word of those interpreted words from letters to and from home in a war-torn world of the time. My fathers Aunt Sofie on the "Johnson" heritage, and Cousin Sofie on the "Omdal" heritage. We doubled up to keep the genes pure...

Sophie Peterson’s parents, Tollag and Christine Peterson, married in their native Norway in 1902 and came to the United States, settling near Bow in northwest Washington. Sophie took a leave of absence from her teaching duties in 1939, to travel to Norway, to meet her ancestral relatives, and taste the culture.  Her story, told through diaries and letters, take you right to Southwestern Norway and the way of life on a small rural farm, with all the love and co-operation it takes to survive, right through the devastation and tragedy of war. Her year’s leave of absence turned into almost five, with a spell in a prisoner of war camp at Liebenau, Germany. A very worthwhile read.

Such a personal, colorful and detailed story of life in Norway during the second World War. I was sad when the story ended.

I liked everything about it.The visual impression it presented.The information Sophie could not talk about, that came out of her journals and to and from letters