Pistol Packin’ Mama
This week, I found a tiny photograph of a plane in my Dad's scrapbook from World War II Sweden. I blew it up and discovered some creative nose art -- a scantily-clad blonde!...
28
Jul
26
Jan
Liberty Lady book trailer
A new trailer for the book Liberty Lady: A True Story of Love and Espionage in WWII Sweden...
05
Jan
Dagens Nyheter 19 January 1945
On the 19th day of January 1945, the Dagens Nyheter in Stockholm published an article about the marriage of my parents, Americans Herman Allen and Hevig Johnsson (sic), pictured with Count Folke Bernadotte, nephew to the king of Sweden....
28
Sep
Liberty Lady at the Royal Library
The National Library of Sweden, Kungliga Biblioteket (translated “Royal Library”) is located in the heart of Stockholm in the area Humlegården. ...
09
Jul
Count Bernadotte and the White Buses
The White Buses expedition ended up being the biggest rescue effort inside Germany during the entire war....
23
Jun
Sweden and World War II
As it had since the early 1800s during times of war, Sweden affirmed its policy of neutrality when World War II became a certainty. ...
09
May
The Germans in WWII Sweden
The most obvious early player in the espionage game in World War II Sweden was Germany. ...
29
Mar
Jan-Olof Nilsson, Swedish filmmaker
Swedish filmmaker and author Jan-Olof Nilsson recently visited me while he and his family were vacationing in south Florida....
14
Feb
Nat A. Barrows, War Correspondent
Five American journalists went to Sweden in the spring of 1943. One of the five was Nathaniel Albert "Nat" Barrows, a reporter for the Chicago Daily News. ...
23
Jan
Herluf Rudolf Alexander Ryel, counterspy
The owner of this code worksheet was Herluf Rudolf Alexander Ryel, a gentleman born in Akureyri, Iceland, in 1913....