Aktive kvinder i modstandskampen kendes der ikke særlig mange af. Hedda Lundh var en af dem. I denne selvbiografiske skildring fra perioden fortæller hun om, hvad hun foretog sig under besættelsen i studentermiljøet omkring Aarhus Universitet, og hvilke tanker hun gjorde sig dengang.

Bogen rokker ved det traditionelle billede af krigens kvinder som det fredelige bagland for de heroiske frihedskæmpere. Hedda Lundh blev jernbanesabotør og var i det sidste halvår, inden hun måtte flygte til Sverige, tilknyttet en ren kvindegruppe som sprængstofkyndig. Som supplement til Hedda Lundhs beretning er det lykkedes at finde frem til korte skildringer fra ikke mindre end tre yderligere medlemmer af gruppen: Else Marie Pade, Paula Heide og gruppens leder Karen Brieg. Man møder dem på fri fod og på flugt, i fængsel og i Frøslevlejren.

I sit slutkapitel diskuterer Hedda Lundh frihedskæmperrollen og stiller spørgsmålet til os andre: Var vi terrorister? En diskussion, som ikke er blevet mindre aktuel efter den 11. september 2001.

Hedda Lundh, mag.art., er tidligere lektor på Aurehøj Gymnasium.

English
Women who were active in the resistance movement during the Second World War are rarely heard of. Hedda Lundh, however, was one of these women, and in her autobiographical account from the period, she describes her activities during the occupation and her thoughts at the time.

The book does not conform with the traditional image of the women as the support base for the heroic male members of the resistance movement. On the contrary, Hedda Lundh was involved in sabotaging the railways and during the last six months before she had to escape to Sweden, she was attached to an all-women resistance group in which she was the explosives expert. As a supplement to Hedda Lundh's account, there are shorter descriptions from no less than three other members of the group: Else Marie Pade, Paula Heide and the leader of the group, Karen Brieg. We meet these women at liberty and on the run, in prison and in war camp.

In the final chapter, Hedda Lundh discusses the role of the members of the resistance movement and asks the question: Were we terrorists? A discussion made even more topical by the events on 11th September 2001.

Hedda Lundh, MA, is a former senior master at Aurehøj Gymnasium.