The first years
In the beginning MS was engaged in relief work in, as examples, Norway (1945-47), Finland (1946-52), Poland, Austria and Germany (1946-48). MS had arranged workcamps since 1946, community development in Italy since (1953-59) and in India (1959-69). Furthermore, MS took active part in the aid to Hungarian refugees (1956-60), built high schools in Ghana (1958-63), collected money for blacks in South Africa (1960) and had a leading role in Landsindsamlingen Danmarks U-landshjælp (1961-63).
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A stamp which was sold during the first years in favour of the reliief work - painted by Elisabeth Bergstrand Poulsen. It portrays Lill-Lin, main character in the novel Hjältar och Hjältedåd, written by the painter herself. See stamp in large scale here |
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Helpers arrived in Holland, December 1945: Uffe Andersen, Regnhild Højgaard, Helvig Fredskild, Edith Jensen, Rigmor Rudolph, Hanne Grove, Frede Pries Nielsen, Henry Vintermark, Aage Jørgensen, Kr. Ingvorsen, Ester Lykkeboe, Edel Levin Larsen, Grete Ravn, Axel Hansen, Sv. Erik Jensen, Folmer Rybak, Elfred Villumsen, Inger Hansen.
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Helpers arrived in Norway, July 1945: The first team of nurses.
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Relief workers in Trøndenæs, Norway, September 1945: Frank Petersen, Kristen Wølund, Møller Rasmussen, Hugo Bak, Gunnar Skov Andersen, Ebba Wonsild, Niels Egelund, Rømer Mogensen, Karen Jørgensen, Svend Cedergren, Asbjørn Christiansen, E. Kjekstad, Bodil Egelund, Grethe Zeuthen, Jens Haugaard, Martin Fischer, Alf. Larsen.
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Helpers arrived to International Camp, Finland, May 1946: Zenia Hansen, Birgit Arnfred, Thomas Hatt Olesen, Kurt Petersen, Gudrun Poulsen, Kristian Thulesen, Else Nedergaard, Erik Strømgaard, Gerda Stenbæk Christiansen, Øjvind Arnfred, Svend Aage Nielsen.
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Helpers arrived to Austria, July 1946: Elise Thomsen, Werner Hansen, Nitte, Kamma Laursen and two drivers..
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Helpers arrived to Poland, July 1947: Doctor Grete Nielsen, nurse Signe Hedegaard and nurse Elisabeth Christensen.
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