Dick Zeiner - Henriksen Richard " Dick " Zeiner - Henriksen ( born 1 August 1924 ) is a Norwegian businessperson and resistance member during World War II . World War II . On 9 April 1940 Nazi Germany invaded and occupied Norway as a part of World War II . Young Zeiner - Henriksen became a member of the Norwegian Independent Company 1 ( ) . From 1943 to 1944 he cooperated with Max Manus and Oslogjengen , and from 1944 to 1945 he participated in the Special Operations Executive operation GREBE in Dovrefjell and Rondane . Among others , he participated in the May 1944 sabotage of Arbeidstjenesten ' s offices . He obtained copy of the door key to the address " Wergelandsveien 3 " ( via an imprint in plastilina ) together with Roy Nielsen . Nielsen was in charge of the strike towards " Wergelandsveien 3 " , but the mission was called off because there were people present at the office . Zeiner - Henriksen joined Max Manus , Edvard Tallaksen and Gregers Gram to strike the address " Kirkeveien 90 " . Zeiner - Henriksen was placed outside the building , tasked with ringing the doorbell in case of peril . As the three main saboteurs had spent one and a half hour burning Arbeidstjenesten ' s documents , they heard the doorbell as well as shooting . Four people from Milorg had been placed throughout the area to assist with firepower in case enemies showed up . Three of the four guards ( Lars Eriksen , Jon Hatland and Per Stranger - Thorsen ) were captured and executed , whereas the fourth guard Hans - Peter Styren survived . Tallaksen , Gram and Zeiner - Henriksen escaped on foot whereas Manus stole a bike from a passer - by . Only Zeiner - Henriksen , Manus and Styren survived World War II . It later became clear that troops showed up because the Nazi collaborator Hans Eng stayed at the same address that day . The sabotage mission was portrayed in the 2008 film " Max Manus " . Zeiner - Henriksen was decorated with the Norwegian War Medal , the Defence Medal 1940 – 1945 and the British King ' s Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom . Zeiner - Henriksen , born in Leningrad , took his examen artium in 1943 . He was a son of diplomat Richard Zeiner - Henriksen and his wife Erica , née Wang . He was a nephew of professor of medicine Knut Benjamin Zeiner - Henriksen . His brother Erik Zeiner - Henriksen was also a resistance member during the war , but was captured in May 1944 and perished in Dachau in February 1945 . Post - war life . After the war he took his education in Business Administration at the University of Pennsylvania . He graduated in 1948 . After further studies in France and England he spent his professional life as a manager . He started his career in the family business in 1950 , and went on to the Norwegian Engineering Export Organization in 1960 . He was CFO in Kontorautomasjon from 1966 to 1970 and Singer Business Machines from 1970 to 1972 before being promoted to vice president . In 1975 he was hired as CFO in Norges Varemesse , where he worked to 1990 . He was also active in " Lingeklubben " , an association for former Norwegian Independent Company 1 personnel . The association had 463 members in its heyday , but as many died from old age , it was decided to discontinue the organization in 2007 , when the membership was 63 . Zeiner - Henriksen lives in Oslo .