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'''Arne Berge''' (29 June 1908 – 13 August 1988) was a Norwegian priest. He was seamen's priest in Hamburg during [[World War II]], when he also worked among Scandinavian prisoners in Germany, and helped planning and carrying out the [[White Buses]] operation.
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'''Arne Berge''' (29 June 1908 &ndash; 13 August 1988) was a Norwegian priest. He was seamen's priest in Hamburg during [[World War II]], when he also worked among Scandinavian prisoners in Germany, and helped planning and carrying out the operation of the [[White Buses]] (''De Hvide Busser'').<ref>{{cite web|url = https://natmus.dk/historisk-viden/danmark/besaettelsestiden-1940-1945/de-hvide-busser/|title= Hvad er De Hvide Busser? |publisher= natmus.dk |accessdate= January 1, 2018}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Background==
Berge was born in [[Stavanger]] as the son of stereotyper Alfred Berge and Albertine Husebø.<ref name=stolav>{{cite book |title=Den kongelige norske Sankt Olavs Orden |first=O. Delphin |last=Amundsen |page=488 |language=Norwegian |publisher=Grøndahl |location=Oslo |year=1947}}</ref>
Berge was born in [[Stavanger]] as the son of stereotyper Alfred Berge (1878-1962) and his wife Albertine Johanne Husebø (1879-1956). He finished his [[examen artium]] at the [[University of Oslo]] in 1928, and graduated as [[cand.theol.]] in 1934. He was assistant priest in [[Modum]] from 1935 to 1936. From 1937 to 1940 he was a priest in [[Oslo]].<ref name=stolav>{{cite book |title=Den kongelige norske Sankt Olavs Orden |first=O. Delphin |last=Amundsen |author-link=Otto Delphin Amundsen|page=488 |language=Norwegian |publisher=Grøndahl |location=Oslo |year=1947}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Berge was priest at the [[Norwegian Church Abroad|Seamen's Church]] (''Sjømannskirken'') in [[Hamburg]] during the [[Second World War]]. Berge took over the position previously held by [[Finn Moestue Husebye]], when Huseby had to leave Hamburg because of a conflict with Nazi-friendly Norwegian settlers in Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.sjomannskirken.no/om-oss/|title = Om oss - Sjømannskirken, Norsk kirke i utlandet|publisher = sjomannskirken.no|accessdate = January 1, 2018|archive-date = April 16, 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190416100335/https://www.sjomannskirken.no/om-oss/|url-status = dead}}</ref>
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Berge finished his [[examen artium]] in 1928, and graduated as [[cand.theol.]] in 1934. He was assistant priest in [[Modum]] from 1935 to 1936. From 1937 to 1940 he was a priest in Oslo.<ref name=stolav/> He was seamen's priest in [[Hamburg]] during the [[Second World War]], taking over the position after [[Finn Moestue Husebye]], when Huseby had to leave Hamburg because of a conflict with Nazi-friendly Norwegian settlers in Germany. Together with his assistant priest [[Conrad Vogt-Svendsen]] he also worked among Scandinavian prisoners in [[Nazi Germany]], making thousands of visits on behalf of the prisoners' families.<ref name=kl>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Hjeltnes |first=Guri | encyclopedia=[[Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45]] |title=Sjømannsprestene i Hamburg |language=Norwegian |editor=[[Hans Fredrik Dahl|Dahl]], [[Guri Hjeltnes|Hjeltnes]], [[Berit Nøkleby|Nøkleby]], [[Nils Johan Ringdal|Ringdal]], [[Øystein Sørensen|Sørensen]] |url=http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/s/s4.html#sjomannsprestene-i |accessdate=14 October 2009 |year=1995 |publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo |isbn=8202141389 |page=381 }}</ref> They distributed large quantities of clothes and food to prisoners all over Germany.<ref name=vogtsvendsen_101>{{cite book |title=Med Guds ord i fiendeland |first=Conrad |last=Vogt-Svendsen |authorlink=Conrad Vogt-Svendsen|chapter=Tukthus og fengsler. Forsyninger |pages=101–107 |language=Norwegian |publisher=Den norske sjømannsmisjons forlag |location=Bergen |year=1948}}</ref> Berge and Vogt-Svendsen compiled extensive lists of prisons and prisoners, which were sent to Stockholm and later used as a basis for the [[White Buses]] operation in Spring 1945.<ref name=nbl-vs>{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Conrad Vogt-Svendsen |encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Thorbjørn Johan |last=Sander |editor=[[Knut Helle|Helle, Knut]] |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Conrad_Vogt-Svendsen/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=16 October 2009}}</ref> They also passed on information on planned mass liquidation of concentration camp prisoners towards the end of the war.<ref name=vogtsvendsen_142>{{cite book |title=Med Guds ord i fiendeland |first=Conrad |last=Vogt-Svendsen |chapter=Svenskene kommer |pages=142–146 |language=Norwegian |publisher=Den norske sjømannsmisjons forlag |location=Bergen |year=1948}}</ref> The seamen's church in Hamburg remained intact until Easter 1945, when it was destroyed in a bomb attack on the [[Good Friday]], an attack which killed the church's caretaker Oskar M. Olsen.<ref name=wanda>{{cite book | title=Hver fredag foran porten |first=Wanda |last=Heger |authorlink=Wanda Hjort Heger |publisher=Gyldendal |year=1984 |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo }}</ref>


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Together with his assistant priest [[Conrad Vogt-Svendsen]] he also worked among Scandinavian prisoners in [[Nazi Germany]], making thousands of visits on behalf of the prisoners' families.<ref name=kl>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Hjeltnes |first=Guri |encyclopedia=[[Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45]] |title=Sjømannsprestene i Hamburg |language=Norwegian |editor=Dahl |editor-link=Hans Fredrik Dahl |editor2=Hjeltnes |editor2-link=Guri Hjeltnes |editor3=Nøkleby |editor3-link=Berit Nøkleby |editor4=Ringdal |editor4-link=Nils Johan Ringdal |editor5=Sørensen |editor5-link=Øystein Sørensen |url=http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/s/s4.html#sjomannsprestene-i |accessdate=14 October 2009 |year=1995 |publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo |isbn=82-02-14138-9 |page=381 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525035438/http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/s/s4.html#sjomannsprestene-i |archivedate=25 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> They distributed large quantities of clothes and food to prisoners all over Germany.<ref name=vogtsvendsen_101>{{cite book |title=Med Guds ord i fiendeland |first=Conrad |last=Vogt-Svendsen |author-link=Conrad Vogt-Svendsen|chapter=Tukthus og fengsler. Forsyninger |pages=101–107 |language=Norwegian |publisher=Den norske sjømannsmisjons forlag |location=Bergen |year=1948}}</ref> Berge and Vogt-Svendsen compiled extensive lists of prisons and prisoners, which were sent to Stockholm and later used as a basis for the [[White Buses]] operation in Spring 1945.<ref name=nbl-vs>{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Conrad Vogt-Svendsen |encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Thorbjørn Johan |last=Sander |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Conrad_Vogt-Svendsen/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=16 October 2009}}</ref> They also passed on information on planned mass liquidation of concentration camp prisoners towards the end of the war.<ref name=vogtsvendsen_142>{{cite book |title=Med Guds ord i fiendeland |first=Conrad |last=Vogt-Svendsen |chapter=Svenskene kommer |pages=142–146 |language=Norwegian |publisher=Den norske sjømannsmisjons forlag |location=Bergen |year=1948}}</ref> The Seamen's Church in Hamburg remained intact until Easter 1945, when it was destroyed in a bomb attack on [[Good Friday]], an attack which killed the church's caretaker Oskar M. Olsen.<ref name=wanda>{{cite book | title=Hver fredag foran porten |first=Wanda |last=Heger |author-link=Wanda Hjort Heger |publisher=Gyldendal |year=1984 |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo }}</ref>
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Berge was decorated Knight, First class of the [[Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav]] in 1945, for his work for prisoners in Germany. He was also awarded the Danish [[King Christian X's Liberty Medal]].<ref name=stolav/> He was a priest at [[Ilebu prison]] from 1946, and priest in [[Horten]] from 1950.<ref name=gyl72>{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia=Gyldendals store konversasjonsleksikon |title=Berge, Arne |first=Haakon |last=Flottorp |language=Norwegian |editor=[[Francis Bull|Bull]], Eskeland, Tandberg |year=1972 |edition=3 |volume=1 |publisher=Gyldendal |location=Oslo |isbn=82-05-00267-3 }}</ref> He died in August 1988.

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After the liberation of Norway, he was a priest at [[Ilebu prison]] from 1946, and priest in [[Horten]] from 1950.<ref name=gyl72>{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia=Gyldendals store konversasjonsleksikon |title=Berge, Arne |first=Haakon |last=Flottorp |language=Norwegian |editor=Bull |editor-link=Francis Bull |editor2=Eskeland, Tandberg |year=1972 |edition=3 |volume=1 |publisher=Gyldendal |location=Oslo |isbn=82-05-00267-3 }}</ref> Berge was decorated Knight, First class of the [[Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav]] in 1945, for his work for prisoners in Germany. He was also awarded the Danish [[King Christian X's Liberty Medal]].<ref name=stolav/>

==See also==
*[[Bombing of Hamburg in World War II]]


==References==
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==Other sources==
*Johannes Holm (1984) ''Sandheden om de hvide busser'' (Copenhagen: Samleren Forlag AS) {{ISBN|978-8756807555}}

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Latest revision as of 07:15, 9 September 2023

Arne Berge
Born(1908-06-29)29 June 1908
Stavanger, Norway
Died13 August 1988(1988-08-13) (aged 80)
OccupationPriest
Known forBeing seamen's priest in Hamburg during World War II, and helping planning and carrying out the White Buses operation.
AwardsOrder of St. Olav
King Christian X's Liberty Medal

Arne Berge (29 June 1908 – 13 August 1988) was a Norwegian priest. He was seamen's priest in Hamburg during World War II, when he also worked among Scandinavian prisoners in Germany, and helped planning and carrying out the operation of the White Buses (De Hvide Busser).[1]

Background[edit]

Berge was born in Stavanger as the son of stereotyper Alfred Berge (1878-1962) and his wife Albertine Johanne Husebø (1879-1956). He finished his examen artium at the University of Oslo in 1928, and graduated as cand.theol. in 1934. He was assistant priest in Modum from 1935 to 1936. From 1937 to 1940 he was a priest in Oslo.[2]

Career[edit]

Berge was priest at the Seamen's Church (Sjømannskirken) in Hamburg during the Second World War. Berge took over the position previously held by Finn Moestue Husebye, when Huseby had to leave Hamburg because of a conflict with Nazi-friendly Norwegian settlers in Germany.[3]

Together with his assistant priest Conrad Vogt-Svendsen he also worked among Scandinavian prisoners in Nazi Germany, making thousands of visits on behalf of the prisoners' families.[4] They distributed large quantities of clothes and food to prisoners all over Germany.[5] Berge and Vogt-Svendsen compiled extensive lists of prisons and prisoners, which were sent to Stockholm and later used as a basis for the White Buses operation in Spring 1945.[6] They also passed on information on planned mass liquidation of concentration camp prisoners towards the end of the war.[7] The Seamen's Church in Hamburg remained intact until Easter 1945, when it was destroyed in a bomb attack on Good Friday, an attack which killed the church's caretaker Oskar M. Olsen.[8]

After the liberation of Norway, he was a priest at Ilebu prison from 1946, and priest in Horten from 1950.[9] Berge was decorated Knight, First class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1945, for his work for prisoners in Germany. He was also awarded the Danish King Christian X's Liberty Medal.[2]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hvad er De Hvide Busser?". natmus.dk. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b Amundsen, O. Delphin (1947). Den kongelige norske Sankt Olavs Orden (in Norwegian). Oslo: Grøndahl. p. 488.
  3. ^ "Om oss - Sjømannskirken, Norsk kirke i utlandet". sjomannskirken.no. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ Hjeltnes, Guri (1995). "Sjømannsprestene i Hamburg". In Dahl; Hjeltnes; Nøkleby; Ringdal; Sørensen (eds.). Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 381. ISBN 82-02-14138-9. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
  5. ^ Vogt-Svendsen, Conrad (1948). "Tukthus og fengsler. Forsyninger". Med Guds ord i fiendeland (in Norwegian). Bergen: Den norske sjømannsmisjons forlag. pp. 101–107.
  6. ^ Sander, Thorbjørn Johan. "Conrad Vogt-Svendsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  7. ^ Vogt-Svendsen, Conrad (1948). "Svenskene kommer". Med Guds ord i fiendeland (in Norwegian). Bergen: Den norske sjømannsmisjons forlag. pp. 142–146.
  8. ^ Heger, Wanda (1984). Hver fredag foran porten (in Norwegian). Oslo: Gyldendal.
  9. ^ Flottorp, Haakon (1972). "Berge, Arne". In Bull; Eskeland, Tandberg (eds.). Gyldendals store konversasjonsleksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 1 (3 ed.). Oslo: Gyldendal. ISBN 82-05-00267-3.

Other sources[edit]

  • Johannes Holm (1984) Sandheden om de hvide busser (Copenhagen: Samleren Forlag AS) ISBN 978-8756807555
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