Meeting at the Milestone

Meeting at the Milestone (Møte ved Milepelen ) by Sigurd Hoel was first published in 1947 by Gyldendal Norsk Forlag.

The novel starts with a short and mysterious prologue, Frontkjemperen (The eastern front volunteer), allegedly written in 1947.

He talks about the house that he has bought after lengthy negotiations with the master builder.

He lost his family early during the occupation, and he was also imprisoned for a couple of weeks.

Indregaard thought that because of what happened in their youth he was responsible for Hans Berg's Nazism.

The spotless one now starts writing about Hans Berg in order to find out why some people turn to Nazism.

This part, which is written in 1943, starts with an analysis of Hans Berg's childhood and youth.

He then tries to analyse others of his fellow students who became Nazis, amongst them Carl Heidenreich, simply and superficially.

He describes his childhood, his father, his time as a student in Kristiania, and his first erotic experiences.

He was told that Carl Heidenreich had committed suicide, and that his son, Karsten, had been arrested.