A Coat Dyed Black and the Norwegian Resistance – Don ”Jerry” Pugnetti Jr.
Don “Jerry” Pugnetti Jr, a long-time journalist, has written a fictional account of a Norwegian man and his compatriots who join the Norwegian Resistance during World War II. Jerry based the book on real stories he collected from his won relatives who were there in the early 1940s, and in the Resistance themselves. In this podcast we interview Jerry about his writing the book and learn about the true events that are mentioned in it. We finish up with a reinlender called “Holingen”, played by the Nordahl Grieg Spelemanslag.
Links
See Jerry’s website (https://www.donpugnettijr.com/) for a description and an opportunity to buy the book. Be sure to also check out the “meet the author” page and Jerry’s blog.
The blog post on the sinking of the the German battleship Blücher is gripping, detailed, and comes with pictures!
Jerry’s Goodreads page (a book recommendations website) with the book(s) he’s written and his own recommendations for what to read.
A Norwegian American News article Jerry wrote about A Coat Dyed Black.
The NOVA science program (2017) on the US Public Broadcasting System has a website about its episode Hitler’s Sunken Secret. It talks about the Norwegian Resistance, the Nazi work to build a nuclear weapon, the sabotage of the Hydro heavy water plant, and the Hydro ferry connected to the plant. The transcript of the program includes gripping accounts told by actual Resistance fighters (Lynge commandos). You can find the video on Youtube as well