Mexico city. The year is still 2011.The date is November 18. The international conference : " Quinto seminario internacional de archivos sonoros y audioviusales " is finished set up by Fonoteca Nacional situated in Mexico City. My friends take me to the museum where Leon Trotsky worked and died.To my surprise Photos from Leon Trotskys stay in Norway from 1935 -1936 were attached on the walls in the museum. One photo on the wall had no content description. I knew I had seen the photo
earlier in Norway. The picture shows a group of people who are having nice time at the southern coast of Norway ( Sørlandet), Stangnesholmen, August 1936.I contacted the library of the Norwegian Labour movement situated in Oslo. Splendid research work was done and a splendid service too. The wanted photo was to be found in the
digitalized photo archive of the library. One copy was forwarded me together with all
the missing names of the people having a nice time in Norway.The photo had been used
in 1974 in connection with a book titled: " Verdensrevolusjonen på Hønefoss. En beretning om Len Trotskijs opphold i Norge ".The book was written by Yngvar Ustvedt
and published in 1974.The new information about the content of the photo has been forwarded to the house and museum of Trotsky in Mexico City.I bought a DVD at the museum about Trotsky. The wanted photo is used in the film but no information about the content of the photo. An important person who is sitting in a chair at the right side of the photo is missing in the film: Olav Scheflo who supported Leon Trotsky in Norway. Supporters of the Norwegian National Socialist Party and pro- nazi groups were active in making his time in Norway as nasty as possible.The result of the fight against him was that he had to leave Norway to be welcomed by the Mexican government and president who had a tolerant attitude to people with different political opinions.Thank you Mexico! Sorry Norway!.If you want to got to Mexico City
I recommend you to pay the museum a visit.
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