The site of the operation was Valdres, where the banned Communist Party of Norway had a secret encampment from which their part of the Norwegian resistance was coordinated.
Two of the women (Eli Aanjesen and Bergljot Løiten) walked over to another cabin about 300 metres (980 ft) apart, in order to get some more food, and there they were surprised by German troops and captured.
A small group of eleven people successfully escaped, including Furubotn, his wife Gina, his daughter Magda and her three months old baby Vigdis, and seven other men.
The group managed to escape through the forests, and the Communist Party later established new headquarters, first at Åstad in Vestre Slidre, and later at Hoverud near Fagernes.
[4][5][6] Based on Samuel Titlestad's autobiography and other sources, notably Meldungen aus Norwegen, Operation Almenrausch was made into a play by Tore Vagn Lid.