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The Sven Hassel Mystery

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Dear family of Hassel-fans.
I am a Danish writer myself, having published 39 documentary books since my first one in 1972. As the history of The Second World War has been my main-interest (More than 20 of my books are about Danes in that war), the Sven-Hassel-books and their author has interested me very much.
My last book of the WW-2 will be published in january 2010 in Danish titled "Sven Hazel Mysteriet" (in English 'The Sven Hassel Mystery'). The author uses the name spelled 'Hazel' in Denmark and a few other countries. I know that the whole world has read those books believing, that 'Sven Hassel' was a Danish anti-nazi man, who by accident ended up in the Nazi-army of Hitler.
My book will tell the truth: 'Sven Hassel/Hazel was not a man, but a Danish woman, baptized Laura Dorothea Jensen.
During the occupation-years she was an active mmber of the Danish Nazi-movement in Denmark.
1951 she married another Dane, also a former Nazi-member, named Borge Willy Pedersen. They made up their minds to start writing a novel (but called it 'memories' of HIS, although he was never a German soldier).
The first of their fantasy-books 'Legion of the damned' was not usable for the Danish publisher. He asked one of Denmarks most wellknown novellists at that time, Mr. George Gjedde, to write some war-book - using the mess of notes from Laura Dorothea Jensen and Borge Willy Pedersen). None of those never had other family names than Jensen/Pedersen until they in 1970 bought the familyname of 'Arbing'. Sven Hazel/Sven Hassel is a pseudonyme.
After the succes-book, published 1953, they made up their minds to write the books without a ghostwriter from outside. She was well educated for office-work. Day in, day out HE told her incredible fantasy-stories, which SHE wrote down. That is how the rest of their 14 books were made. She died 2003, almost 90 years old. He is still alive, 92 years old.
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I know, that this will disappoint you and your family. It may help to know, that you are not alone. Millions of other other readers all over the world will be disappointed too.


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