VIPERS IN THE BOSOM

Evening Star, Issue 23718, 28 October 1940, Page 2

VIPERS IN THE BOSOM

“ VIENNA CHILDREN " IN NORWAY We all recall the wave of sympathy which rolled over Scandinavia after the Great War, 1914-18, toward tho poor starving German children. Thousands of Scandinavian homes opened their doors voluntarily to look after them. . . - These children, who were nicknamed “ The Vienna Children,” grew up in Denmark and .Norway, were sent to school, and learned to speak the Scandinavian languages perfectly, and, when conditions in their own country improved, they went back to Germany. . . What they had gained in the way of civilised thinking and respect for' their fellow-men was soon forgotten. The Norwegians were wondering, during the beginning of the invasion, why so many German officers and privates spoke the Norwegian language so perfectly. By examining this phenomenon closer it was revealed that those German officers and privates wore none but the old “ Vienna Children ” who came nr this infamous manner to thank their loster-pa rents and Norway for the pleasant and excellent manner in which they previously had been treated. During the first period of the invasion it is said that some of the strongest coast ports,gave in without firing a shot be.•anse’their commandant advised against tt. This has been proved to be incor,<?cL Tho reason was that the commandants of the various forts received n perfect Norwegian orders not to relist. These orders were given by one >f the “foster-children.” —(Jranslatcd irom ‘ Bion,’ a Danish paper published Los Angeles, California, United States.),