In order to give an account of Tove�s and my lives after the Second World War, I have decided to continue - again for our grandchildren and possibly their children - to tell the history of our lives, a sort of memories� account, although in very abridged form.

The War over, the camp cruelty beyond - although never forgotten - it was important to try to return to normal conditions of living.

Tove and I decided on a period of rest and recuperation and later marriage. The marriage was set for and actually took place on the 1st of September 1945.

I harboured ideas of entering the University of Copenhagen to begin the study of law, but for many various reasons this idea never matured. I was not in a state of mind to peacefully sit down at a desk and begin studying. The experiences of the concentration camp stays were still too vivid in my mind.

Mid May 1945 I was called up for military services with the re-established Danish Army and sent to the Allied-occupied part of Northern Germany as English-German interpreter with the British Army on the Rhine (BAOR) : October 1945 until April 1946. The longest period I spent at the 4th Civilian Internment Camp at Recklinghausen in the Ruhr area as interpreter and news announcer (over the camp broadcasting system). The camp housed German prisoners of war from the German Wehrmacht.

Tove worked as a secretary to Urban Hansen, who had been a member of the clandestine Danish Council of Resistence during the war. He and his wife, Gudrun, were those who gave me shelter when I escaped from the Germans. Later in his career Urban became the Mayor of Copenhagen.

In the course of 1947 I received employment with the Danish Red Cross and participated in the organisation and transport of food to countries devastated by the war in Europe, particularly to Austria and Hungary.

Long convoys of 5ton GMC trucks lent by the US Army to the Danish Red Cross loaded with food departed from Copenhagen and made their troublesome way through bombed-out Germany to reach Vienna and Budapest.

I was one of the several convoyeurs who arranged or took the food convoys through to their destinations: Vienna and Budapest. In these places Red Cross Missions arranged the distribution of the food through special distribution centers.

In 1948 I began working with the International Tuberculosis Campaign (ITC) a joint enterprise of the Swedish and Danish Red Cross organisations, the Norwegian Assistance to Europe and the United Nations (the World Heath Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF) - with headquarters in Copenhagen.

Tuberculosis had spread in the war-devastated countries and campaigns were now being initiated to try to halt the propagation of the disease by vaccination with BCG vaccine.

The BCG vaccine was produced by the State Serum Institute in Copenhagen and from there dispatched by air to the countries where BCG vaccination campaigns were iniciated. Specially constructed iceboxes were utilised to keep the vaccine at the low temperatures required.

Vaccination campaigns were first commenced in Poland, Czechoslovakia and southern Germany, then extended to most of the European countries, ravaged by the war.

Campaigns were begun in Italy, then the Magreb- countries in North Africa , Egypt, later India, Pakistan, and countries in the South-East Asia region and lastly in Latin America.

Medical personel were trained by WHO and sent to the affected countries, where again local medical staff - doctors and nurses - were oriented in vaccination techniques by the doctors and nurses of WHO. A Tuberculosis Research Center and a Training Institute for senior medical staff of participating countries were created in Copenhagen.

UNICEF provided financial and material assistance including vehicules and medical supplies. Particularly vehicles were a much needed comodity, since the majority of the countries, having passed through the war, had lost their vehicle fleets and needed new automobile parks and investments to purchase new vehicles. UNICEF also supplied spareparts, tyres, tools for repairs and technical assistance for training of mechanics and maintenance of vehicles.

Tove continued her employment with an insurance company, and later with the office of private railways in Denmark.

She was always a lively spark in the relationships in the office and enjoyed her work. We were happy in our marriage and pleased with our nice two roomed apartment on Amager.

I resumed playing badminton and was selected to the Danish Thomas Cup team in 1948, when we played Malaysia in the final and won silver.