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Actions Displays	Kongespeilet Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM1997/008:002 TitleKongespeilet DescriptionNorwegian underground newspaper called ‘Kongespeilet’ (Kings Mirror), August 1944. During the war Torma Tryg was living in Arendal and was part of the Norwegian Resistance, working with a group of people who collected official news from London, typed up, mass produced and distributed newsheets such as this one to “keep up morale”. It was dangerous work, as to be caught with newssheets you could be arrested, even executed. They would go out in the middle of the night to put the ‘Kongespeilet’ in letter boxes. Production placeNorway Production date 1944-08-08 Subjectunderground activities, resistance Object namenewspapers Materialpaper Dimensions width: 210.00 mm height: 296.00 mm Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr. Tryg Torma

Object numberM1997/008:002

TitleKongespeilet

DescriptionNorwegian underground newspaper called ‘Kongespeilet’ (Kings Mirror), August 1944. During the war Torma Tryg was living in Arendal and was part of the Norwegian Resistance, working with a group of people who collected official news from London, typed up, mass produced and distributed newsheets such as this one to “keep up morale”. It was dangerous work, as to be caught with newssheets you could be arrested, even executed. They would go out in the middle of the night to put the ‘Kongespeilet’ in letter boxes.

Production placeNorway

Production date 1944-08-08

Subjectunderground activities, resistance

Object namenewspapers

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr. Tryg Torma

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