kautokeino gets war compensation. an austrian soldier that took part in the burning of finnmark during ww2 has eased his long-guilty conscience by leaving a percentage of his estate to the township of kautokeino, where he personally set fire to a row of buildings in the winter of 1944, reports the norwegian aftenposten. has anybody heard of this man, named ludwig hauser? only recently [another message ....] reached me from norway, making me aware of this former austrian citizen, who´se action is currently widely discussed in the small norwegian town of kautokeino. as we are used to discuss the austrian "contributions" to ww2 in a very controversial way, the last will of mr. hauser might spread some light on our (maybe) wounded soul. thanks again, t., for this information from the north!
for all of those readers capable of norwegian or swedish language, find more information here: [1], [2] and [3]. sauseschritt tried, but couldn´t find anything in the austrian media!

sauseschritt darf gar nicht daran denken, an die unsäglichkeiten, die anläßlich der diskussionen über die wehrmachtsausstellung in österreich aufbrachen!