After having executed the two Issaksen brothers of Trondheim, last Sunday, on the charge of listening to British broadcasts from London, the Gestapo in Norway proceeded to imprison a third brother, and torture a fourth until he was driven insane and had to be sent to a mental hospital, it is reported here today from Oslo.
A sister of the Issaksens died from shock when informed that they had been executed, the Oslo report states.
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