[1][2][3][4] A book containing the story was also written by Espen Holm and Nina Grünfeld, and it was published by Kagge Forlag in 2015.
[2][5] The Jewish Children's Home was located on Holtegata in the Homansbyen neighborhood of Oslo.
The German-Russian child psychologist Nina Hasvoll (1910–1999) was persuaded to start an orphanage where the refugee children could be cared for.
When the German occupation authorities began arresting Jewish residents in the fall of 1942, the orphanage manager received a tip that the children she was responsible for were in great danger.
[1] Seven of those that helped bring the children to safety were honored in 2006 by being named Righteous Among the Nations.