{"id":2837,"date":"2026-05-19T15:17:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fkdanmark.simsoft.dk\/litteratur_og_kilder\/1939-1940-esther\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T15:17:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:17:46","slug":"1939-1940-esther","status":"publish","type":"litteratur_og_kilder","link":"https:\/\/fkdanmark.simsoft.dk\/en\/litteratur_og_kilder\/1939-1940-esther\/","title":{"rendered":"1939\u20131940 Esther"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we sailed back, I came to speak with my wife for the first time about matters beyond the ordinary, and we agreed to meet again, which happened on July 15, 16, and 17, when I was on vacation and took a trip to Copenhagen.  <\/p>\n<p>On the evening of Saturday the 16th, we took a trip to Bakken and nearly missed the last train, and we will never forget the company we ended up traveling with to N\u00f8rreport. I have never heard such impudent women. <\/p>\n<p>The following day, there was a meeting in Helsing\u00f8r, and the two of us took a trip there, where the whole time we were under observation by my good friend Ernst Christensen. After that period, I often made little trips to Copenhagen, many times by bicycle. <\/p>\n<p>The Sunday after my aforementioned vacation, Ester took a trip to Haslev to visit &#8220;the Glasssmith,&#8221; who was her and her siblings&#8217; foster father. I rode out to meet her on Saturday evening, and we met at midnight at Greve Strand, after which I accompanied her to Bregentved, where we parted at 4 AM and were then to meet again at 8 PM on Sunday at S\u00e6dder. From there, we took the route through Vall\u00f8 Garden, where we stayed until about 11 PM, after which the journey continued towards Copenhagen. <\/p>\n<p>On September 1, 1939, the war with Poland broke out. On September 3, England and France became involved, thereby turning it into a major world war.<\/p>\n<p>On the same day, my brother Aksel got married. I had rented a car and drove my parents to Havnelev Church and afterward to Konges.., where they were to live, and where the waves of war talk ran high among uninformed people.<\/p>\n<p>On September 7, 1939, Russia attacked little Finland, for which all Danes had sympathy. On that day, I was also in Copenhagen and saw my mother-in-law for the first time. <\/p>\n<h2>1940<\/h2>\n<p>In February 1940, there was to be a large meeting in K.B. Hallen, and my father wanted to attend, and so did Esther. She managed to &#8220;plant&#8221; herself next to us without &#8220;the old man&#8221; noticing anything.<br \/>In March 1940, we had a Sunday with meetings all over the country\u2014in Haderslev, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense, Nyk\u00f8bing F., and Forum, where Esther and I attended the meeting. Afterwards, we ate at &#8220;Lodberg&#8221; together with a number of comrades.<br \/>Whit Sunday and Whit Monday I spent together with Esther, who was then working at Paskovsvej 16, Gentofte.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2822,"template":"","personer":[109],"class_list":["post-2837","litteratur_og_kilder","type-litteratur_og_kilder","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","personer-hans-joergensen"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fkdanmark.simsoft.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/litteratur_og_kilder\/2837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fkdanmark.simsoft.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/litteratur_og_kilder"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fkdanmark.simsoft.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/litteratur_og_kilder"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fkdanmark.simsoft.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fkdanmark.simsoft.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"personer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fkdanmark.simsoft.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/personer?post=2837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}