“Responding religiously to the challenge of human evil”

Today, we caught a ride around the harbor of Bergen with a friendly and loquacious Norwegian on his motorized sailboat.  One of the things he pointed out to us was a very large and genuinely ugly building that was built by the Nazis when Bergen was the headquarters of the German U-boat fleet in occupied Norway.  (With its protected fjords and its easy access to the waters around Britain, Norway was perfect for submarines.)  The facility serviced the submarines when they needed modifications or repairs.

Understandably, the Royal Air Force tried to take the building out.  Some of the bombs hit, our host said (I haven’t researched his story), but they did little damage, since the concrete walls were three or four meters thick.  And bombing accuracy was a problem.  Unfortunately, most of the bombs went astray.  They hit a nearby elementary school, killing forty to fifty Norwegian children.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865660951/Responding-religiously-to-the-challenge-of-human-evil.html

Posted from Bergen, Norway