Hamsun was rich, famous and beloved before the war. After the war, his books were burned, his wife and sons were imprisoned and there was a huge court case whic

Hamsun was rich, famous and beloved before the war. After the war, his books were burned, his wife and sons were imprisoned and there was a huge court case which nearly financially ruined his family > Hamsun was subjected to humiliating clinical psychiatric tests in Oslo, and having been told that he was suffering from "lasting weakened mental capacities", was eventually fined 325,000 kroner after a civil action found him guilty of NS membership. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/aug/08/knut-hamsun-centre https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/aug/08/knut-hamsun-ce... > In later years, studies and inquiries have shown that justice was administered unevenly and—by today's standards—harshly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_purge_in_Norway_after_World_War_II#Legacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_purge_in_Norway_after_Wo...