The American consulate in Oslo gave shelter to a number of Jewish refugees from Germany on the day the Germans invaded Norway, to save them from falling into the hands of the Nazis, it was reported today in letters from refugees who reached Stockholm.
The refugees, most of whom have immigration visas for the United States and Palestine, recounted with gratitude that they were admitted to the consulate on April 9 and were permitted to remain until they could escape across the border in Sweden.
Some of the refugees faced Nazi reprisal if they had been caught because they had expressed their anti-Nazi feelings prior to the German occupation. All were seeking transit visas from the Soviet consulate in Stockholm to emigrate to the United States or Palestine via Russia, according to the letters.
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