Jan Hansen Poet Blank verse

Resistence

Resistance

When the German occupation of Norway ended
in April 1945, those who had willingly worked for 
the occupation power was arrested.
Most of them were middle-class people and they
were sent to farms to do menial work.
(One has to add the farmers too was willing to sell
Their products to the enemy.)
Only a handful of Nazis were shot among them
Was Quisling and a few others.
There was no mass- shooting of the enemy and
the traitors, on the whole, it was rather a mild affair.
For the workers the new peace meant redundancy 
as all construction works the occupants had undertaken 
came to an abrupt halt.
I write this because there is in the national psyche
of the Norwegian to be a bit right-wing and haters
of foreigners especially those of Arabic heritage
Furthermore, Norway has never faced up to the past of a war
where only a few resisted. 
The people with a fascistic mindset are in power today
It is sad but what can a sailor do? 
The only exception is the merchant seamen 
every ten of them died during the conflict, and when
they came home were told how lucky they had been
avoiding the war.

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