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Chapter 1
Spandet

1864 Danish–Prussian war begins and ends with Denmark ceding control of South Jutland to Prussia.

1866   Ole Bennedsen, Chris’s paternal grandfather, is born.

1893   Ole Bennedsen marries Stinne (Christine) Lorentzen.

1899   Frederik Bennedsen, Chris’s father, is born.

1906   Anna Johannesson, Chris’s mother, is born to Else and Adam Johannesson.

1914–18    First World War; many young men from South Jutland are drafted into the German army. Frederik Bennedsen escapes the draft by crossing the border into Denmark.

1920 Else Johannesson marries Jens Lund.

1920 South Jutland reverts back to Denmark after the Treaty of Versailles conducts a referendum.

1926    Frederik Bennedsen and Anna Johannesson marry.

1929   Ole Bennedsen is born in January.

1930    Chris Bennedsen is born on September 26.

Chapter 1
Spandet

1934   Sigvard Bennedsen is born in August.

1936    Chris begins work as a farm labourer.

1938   Ole Bennedsen drowns in the Spring.

1940   Germany invades Denmark on April 9.

1940   Jens Lund dies.

1943 Danish government resigns in August; Germany begins running Denmark directly.

1944   Ella Bennedsen is born.

1944   Chris graduates from elementary school.

1945   Denmark is liberated on
May 5.