Well-attended theme evening about local resistance history

55 interested people attended Raulandsakademiet Tuesday, September 16th to hear about the Skinnarland family and the war years 1940 -1945.

The Skinnarland family was central to the resistance work in Rjukan and Møsstrond during the war, and there was close contact between Rjukan, Skinnarbu and the people of Møsstrond. Olav, hotelier and merchant, born in 1906, was the eldest of the Skinnarland brothers, Torstein, the dam keeper, was born in 1910 and Einar, perhaps the best known, who was on the fringes most of the time, was born in 1918.

Olav and Torstein were both at Grini, Torstein the longest, for 29 months. It was actually Einar who was wanted, but he got away. More than ten of the Skinnarland families were at Grini and Ingeleiv has written a strong and rich story with many details about "What happened to our family during the war years 1940-1945".

Rauland Historielag had invited Inger Britt Skinnarland Bakke, daughter of Ingleiv and Olav Skinnarland, and Arnstein Skinnarland, grandson of Torstein Skinnarland, to talk about the experiences the family had during the war years. The conversation was led by Herdis Lien.