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NOTES BY EGIL BERGER 2013

Astrid Hansen was my father Ole Erling Berger’s oldest sister and the second oldest of the Berger siblings. I remember that Aunt Astrid lived in a tiny house on Nordbyveien 51, Hafslundsøy. We visited there when I was a kid, but the memories are getting “dusty”. I believe Astrid was the oldest of my grandparent’s living children at that time.

Astrid married Helge Oliver Hansen and they got 4-5 kids together. One of her sons was named Håkon. I believe Håkon was the oldest of the siblings and that he built himself a new house on Astrid’s lot on Nordbyveien. One of the daughters was named Else. Helge Hansen worked at a factory in Sarpsborg and got killed in a work-related accident, we heard that he got caught in a machine and thrown around, a terrible death.

I remember that Astrid was a poor widow and struggled to feed the family during the war. She, as many other did, wrapped up what they had of valuables, gold and silver spoon, etc. and bicycled out in the country side to trade whatever they had for food.

There was not much food out in the country either, but the farmers became good at hiding stuff from the Germans, so there was often milk, eggs, potatoes and other goodies for trade.

Astrid Hansen was my father Ole Erling Berger’s oldest sister and the second oldest of the Berger siblings. I remember that Aunt Astrid lived in a tiny house on Nordbyveien 51, Hafslundsøy. We visited there when I was a kid, but the memories are getting “dusty”. I believe Astrid was the oldest of my grandparent’s living children at that time.

Astrid married Helge Oliver Hansen and they got 4-5 kids together. One of her sons was named Håkon. I believe Håkon was the oldest of the siblings and that he built himself a new house on Astrid’s lot on Nordbyveien. One of the daughters was named Else. Helge Hansen worked at a factory in Sarpsborg and got killed in a work-related accident, we heard that he got caught in a machine and thrown around, a terrible death.

I remember that Astrid was a poor widow and struggled to feed the family during the war. She, as many other did, wrapped up what they had of valuables, gold and silver spoon, etc. and bicycled out in the country side to trade whatever they had for food. There was not much food out in the country either, but the farmers became good at hiding stuff from the Germans, so there was often milk, eggs, potatoes and other goodies for trade.

Egil Berger 2013