Evening star., 1942-09-15
Morse Flyer Tells
War Fund GROUP
OF Nazi Terror
HeIge Holt Describes
Escape From Gestopo at
Pre-Compoien Rally

approximately 30O workers who
will direct the Washington Com
munity War Fund drive today have
the full realization of the freedom
the fund seeks to preserve. They
heard it last night from young man
with three Gestapo death sentences
on his still very live head.
Helge Holt, young Norwegian flyer
who escaped from the Gestapo sew
eral times, told the workers at the
flrst precampaign rally at the
YWCA that there was unrest among
the German soldiers occupying Nor
way, brought on by the will of a
Tree people not to accept dominance.
"Quisling has per cent of the
Norwegian people" said Holt They
are the folks who are uneducated
and who never have really worked
Tor living. We don't shoot him
now, because it would be worse after
ward. But when the invasion comes,
1t viii be Just question of whether
to hang or shoot him."
Fund Details Outlined.
Details of the war fund campaign
from October 27 to November IA. in
which money will be sought for the
combined organiza tions engaged in
community and war work, were out
lined by Herbert L. Willett. jr.,
executive director of the Community
War Fund. Serge N. Benson, chair
man of the Speakers Bureau. was
In charge of the meeting, which was
preceded by dinner in aBrker Hall
of the YWCA.
Holt, 1.-the young Norwegian.
who went almost around the world
TO get to Canada and join an air
force, easily held the evenings spot
light.
He told of the advancing Germans
who did not fight fair" and who
took women hostages and then put
the women at the head of their ad-
Vanclng columns as hostages. He
told OF the Germans who raised the
white flag of surrender, but held
back hand grenades and bombs and
blew themselves and their captors
up as they were being taken. But
ne told one tale of Norwegian valor
that he said has really broken the
German pride.
norwegian women, many old, have
defended their farm lands with shot
guns and pitchforks. he said. The
shame of proud Nazi who has been
stabbed in the abdomen by an en-
ragged Norwegian farm woman is
terrific, Holt said.
Tells of Ambushing Nazis.
The young Norwegian, who said he
was pursued over three countries bv
the Gestapo and escaped once bv
Whlstling Swedish air and another
time by duping German officers
themselves, said the Germans oc-
cupying Norway lived in terror.
They will not go out alone at
night" he said. When girls are so
foolish as to go out to restaurant
with them, we catch the girl and cut
her hair off. All we have to do now
is walk behind German and a
Norwegian girl and make motion
like scissors shipping with our
fingers, and the girl goes home"
Holt modestly told of the time
he cut off three busloads of Ger
mans with a machine gun nest.
War Fair Explained.
We just cut the buses in two in
the middle" he said. IF ANYBODY
had been strong enough he could |
have lifted the top half right Off"
Bruce r. Allen explained the War
Fair that will be staged by the
fund in the Uline Arena from Octo- !
ber % to October 80, inclusive. and
said it would be so completely free
that nobody would be able to spend
a dime" 1t will advertise and il
lustrate the varied types of work |
being done by the agencies sup
ported and aided by the fund. High
points will be daily demonstrations
of operations by physicians and
nurses from Washington hospitals.
Elaborate entertainment also will be
provided-all free.
Advance gifts to the fund will be
received in late October before ac-
tive solicitation begins by the work
ers who heard last nights appeals. |
The workers also were fortified by q
movie that illustrated the work done
by the participating agencies.