* Those who had travelled "around the world" had spent 5-7 months on the voyage (often through Russia and other countries).

When questioning those who had escaped, it became clear that the food situation in Norway had gotten worse in the course of that fall, especially since the Germans had requisitioned a great deal of the potato crops. Those with low income were undernourished. The families of seamen in allied service in the Bergen area got 30 kr per month, supplemented by assistance from neighbours and friends, but it was the understanding at the time that this assistance would soon be forbidden.

Out of the 114 questioned, 5 were women, 3 children, 4 seamen who had paid off in England, 2 from Svalbard, 6 had travelled around the world, 4 had arrived by plane from Sweden, 5 had arrived from the south of Norway, 85 had escaped from the western part.

9 were domiciled in east Norway, 5 in the south, 1 in the north, 99 in the western part.

21 were fishermen, 19 were students, 19 worked in an office, or bank etc., 11 were factory workers, 9 farmers, 9 seamen 3 mechanics, 4 military personnel, 2 miners, 2 policemen, 1 painter, 1 driver, 1 baker, 1 ferry master, 1 road engineer, 1 film photographer, 1 surveyor, 1 chimney sweeper, 2 housewives, 1 nurse, 1 worked in a café, 3 children.