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Anna Ostergaard: "More opportunity."

Anna Ostergaard describes what the United States meant to her after she emigrated from Denmark in 1955.

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Anna Ostergaard : Immigration Process

Anna Ostergaard describes how the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service vetted her and her husband in the months after they applied for immigration papers.

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Anna Ostergaard: Leaving Denmark

Anna Ostergaard describes her reasons for leaving Denmark in the years after World War II.

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Anna Ostergaard: A Reused Parachute

Anna Ostergaard describes how a parachute recovered from a downed airplane became a valuable postwar item.

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Anna Ostergaard: The German Invasion

Anna Ostergaard recounts her memories of the German invasion of Denmark in April in 1940.

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Anna Ostergaard: "We were sort of mean."

Anna Ostergaard remembers German soldiers leaving Denmark after World War II ended in 1945.

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Anna Ostergaard: King Christian X of Denmark

Anna Ostergaard describes the symbolic role of Danish King Christian X during World War II.

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Anna Ostergaard: "Always German soldiers around"

Anna Ostergaard describes life under German occupation in Denmark during World War II.

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Anna Ostergaard: "I was in charger of the chickens."

Anna Ostergaard describes her parents' farm in rural Denmark.

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Anna Ostergaard: "Wheat and rye"

Anna Ostergaard describes how the German bought her family's crops at low prices.

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Anna Ostergaard: Rationing Electricity

Anna Ostergaard describes how limited electricity affected her family during World War II.

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Anna Ostergaard: "A certain humming sound"

Anna Ostergaard describes how air battles between the Germans and the British affected life in Denmark during World War II.

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