CONFISCATIONS, ARRESTS, AND THE BAN

But trouble was brewing. Yet again, German policemen came to the branch office, asked for literature, and interrogated Brother Öman. Late in 1940, they confiscated the book Enemies because of statements in it regarding Fascism and Nazism.

Then, the Nazi authorities came and confiscated the office’s supply of two booklets, Fascism or Freedom and Government and Peace.

Suddenly, in July 1941, the Gestapo initiated a countrywide effort to put an end to our preaching work in Norway. Five German police officers came to Bethel, confiscated what was left of the literature, and took the Bethel family to the police headquarters for interrogation. Brother Öman had to report to the State police every day, which he did for 12 weeks.