Norway's most celebrated author, Knut Hamsun, harbors a lifelong resentment towards the English due to their role in Norway's starvation during World War I. When Germany occupies Norway on April 9, 1940, Hamsun warmly receives the Germans, viewing them as a shield against British aggression. While he endorses National Socialist principles, he disagrees with their implementation, which results in the imprisonment and execution of Norwegians. Hamsun's wife, Marie, travels to Germany during the war as a public display of support for her husband's stance.
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Norwegian author Knut Hamsun's life was defined by turmoil, with the highs of his Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920 contrasting with the controversy surrounding his admiration for the Nazi regime during World War II, which had a lasting impact on his family after the war.
