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Arne Gauslaa
Arne Gauslaa (8 February 1913 – 30 October 1942) was a Norwegian communist, newspaper editor and resistance member.
Biography
He was born in Solum, to a mother from Solum and a father from Herefoss.[1] His father Olav Gauslaa was a member of Solum municipal council from 1910 to 1927 and again from 1931, and had joined the Communist Party in 1923.[2] Arne Gauslaa married Audhild Olsen from Skien in 1932, and had one foster child. The family lived in Oslo.[1]
In 1931 Gauslaa was sentenced in court twice. The first time he was sentenced to prison for participating in the Skirmish of Menstad, then for making the small newspaper Den røde elev at his school.[2] He took modest education,[1] and was the chairman of Young Communist League of Norway from 1934 to 1942. He also edited the newspaper Klassekampen.[3] From 1940 his work was underground in the resistance movement, as Norway was occupied by Nazi Germany.[1] Eventually, together with Ottar Lie he led the party's organizational centre which had contact with communist resistance members who hid in the mountains. The centre was moved from Steinsfjorden to Vikersund in October 1942.[4] They were blown after former resistance member Karsten Sølvberg had cracked during Gestapo torture, become a Gestapo agent and informed on them.[5] On 30 October 1942 the centre was surrounded by Gestapo agents. There was a shootout, in which two Germans and two Norwegian communists including Gauslaa were killed. He was buried in Oslo.[1]
References
^ abcde Ording, Arne; Johnson, Gudrun; Garder, Johan (1949). "Gauslaa, Arne". Våre falne 1939-1945 (in Norwegian). 1. Oslo: The State of Norway. p. 676. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2010..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ ab Friis, Jakob; Hegna, Trond; Juel, Dagfin, eds. (1933). "Gauslå, Olav". Arbeidernes Leksikon (in Norwegian). 3. Oslo: Arbeidermagasinets Forlag. p. 396.
^ "Arne Gauslå" (in Norwegian). Communist Party of Norway. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
^ Pryser, Tore (1988). Klassen og nasjonen 1935-1946. Volume four of Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge (in Norwegian). Oslo: Tiden. p. 375. ISBN 82-10-02754-9.
^ Pryser, Tore (2003). Alltid mot strømmen. Bidrag til Håkon Meyers biografi 1896–1989 (in Norwegian). Lillehammer: Lillehammer University College. p. 43. ISBN 82-7184-276-5.
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