SALVESEN, Sylvia.: Forgive - But Do Not Forget. (Translated from the Norwegian by Evelyn Ramsden). , London: Hutchinson, 1958.

1st edition. "The wife of Dr.Harald Salvesen, physician to His Majesty the late King Haakon VII, Sylvia Salvesen was a prominent member of the Norwegian Resistance, and it was in this way that after being twice imprisioned in Grini Camp, near Oslo, she eventually found herself, in July 1943, in Ravenbruck Concentration Camp, where she remained until nearly the end of the war...Never daunted, she never gave up hope and, what is more, kept it alive in the hearts and minds of hundreds of other women with whom she came into contact...True to the promise which she gave her companions in the camp, she has never ceased to work since her release for the welfare of ex-political prisoners in her country and elsewhere.." Pp.234, 8 pages of black & white photos + 8 line drawings in the text, light spotting to closed page edges. Dark crimson cloth slightly mottled, dustwrapper is a rubbed and has small edge chips but now has a removable clear protective wrap. Scarce. G+/G+. (Book ref. 38403)  £45.00

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