Kommentar från min släkting Claude Origet du Cluzeau, Paris

Dear Bertil, Your book is simulteanously lightening (precise and unquestionnable) but also heartbreaking. It is of course of prime interest for the Swedish people, and it also points out clearly the differences between the positions of the Norvegian and the Dutch during the nazi period. I guess that the fact that Maurice HERRMANN (my paternal grandfather) had brothers and sisters in Germany, with whom he certainly had some postal exchanges, made him aware of the upcoming dangers from the nazis ; furthermore, in years 1935-36, my father (Roger HERRMANN) worked in a bank in Berlin, from which he came back fluent in German, skilled in banking business and surely aware of the upcoming disaster for the Jews. Your book is also pleasantly illustrated with meaningful photos and documents : A choice of illustrations that strengthen the text. Thank you for quoting me on p. 16 ; it is true that "our" parents had a hidden anxiety about the past. Congratulations for this wonderful accomplishment. I'll be happy to see you some time in 2024, and send you my best wishes, to Elisabet and you. Claude