Dear Alex,
Thanks for your answer.
Yes. It was in the Landssvikarkivet (traitors Archives) in Riksarkivet we found our mothers secret. But the files tell next to nothing about her experiences in Germany. They deal with her crime. I often get this feeling that I, as a storyteller, am getting the wrong kind of information in archives and books. I bash in facts and figures, places and atrocities, but do seldom come near the people behind the facts. That is why I try to find other sources. Like peoples memories, stories, urban or rural myths, photos.
The storyteller in me will explore ways to live with, and develop thoughts through stories on how to deal with the turmoil of feelings connected to both my mothers secret and, on a more global level, the bad treatment of women who had done wrong in the aftermath of wars.
Stay safe,
sincerely yours
Ivar