Under f\u00f6rsta v\u00e4rldskriget deklarerade sig Sverige officiellt som neuralt. Neutraliteten innebar, precis som under andra v\u00e4rldskriget, att landet kom att hysa agenter och spioner fr\u00e5n samtliga inblandade parter i kriget. G\u00f6teborg med sin gynnsamma position f\u00f6r sj\u00f6farten blev en viktig plats f\u00f6r de olika l\u00e4ndernas handelsflottor, vilket bidrog till att G\u00f6teborg kom att bli en spioncentral f\u00f6r hela Norden. Information om handelstrafiken var av stort intresse.\u00a0 F\u00f6r att h\u00e5lla folkhush\u00e5llningen ig\u00e5ng riskerade tusentals sj\u00f6m\u00e4n sina liv n\u00e4r de m\u00f6nstrade p\u00e5 de handelsfartyg som gick mellan Sverige och England. St\u00f6rsta faran var minor och tyska torpeder. Av det sk\u00e4let gick 280 svenska fartyg med 684 sj\u00f6m\u00e4n ombord till botten. D\u00e4rtill kommer 434 svenska sj\u00f6m\u00e4n p\u00e5 de utl\u00e4ndska fartyg som s\u00e4nktes. Omkring en femtedel av dessa n\u00e4rmare 1200 sj\u00f6m\u00e4n kom fr\u00e5n G\u00f6teborg, m\u00e5nga av dem var unga. \u00c4ven \u00e5ren efter kriget s\u00e4nktes ett flertal fartyg p\u00e5 grund av kvarvarande minor.\u00a0 Bokens rika bildmaterial och f\u00f6rfattarens intervjuer g\u00f6r att l\u00e4saren kommer n\u00e4ra de personer som p\u00e5 olika s\u00e4tt var delaktiga i den dramatiska sj\u00f6farten under kriget, s\u00e5v\u00e4l de som befann sig p\u00e5 fartygen som de anh\u00f6riga som satt med sin oro hemma i G\u00f6teborg. Hansson har lyckats levandeg\u00f6ra en bristf\u00e4lligt belyst del av den svenska historien.<\/p>\n
Sj\u00f6folket \u2013 nu som d\u00e5 – hamnar bokstavligen mitt i v\u00e4rldskonflikterna, p\u00e5 grund av sitt yrke. Lars Hansson har skrivit en l\u00e4ttl\u00e4st och angel\u00e4gen bok som synligg\u00f6r m\u00e4nniskorna, b\u00e5de sj\u00f6folket samt deras anh\u00f6riga under de b\u00e5da v\u00e4rldskrigen. Kombinationen av ber\u00e4ttelser, fotografier och dokument g\u00f6r att man kommer dramatiska \u00f6den in p\u00e5 livet. Han s\u00e4tter \u00e4ven in det i ett sammanhang. Vi f\u00e5r f\u00f6rst\u00e5else f\u00f6r hur hamnarbetarna var beroende av sj\u00f6farten f\u00f6r sin inkomst och hur utsv\u00e4ltningskriget mellan Storbritannien och Tyskland fick konsekvenser \u00e4ven f\u00f6r Sverige. Hur man v\u00e4gde sj\u00f6folkets s\u00e4kerhet kontra folkf\u00f6rs\u00f6rjningen. Skillnaden p\u00e5 hur Sverige hanterade spioner och olikt\u00e4nkande gentemot de krigf\u00f6rande l\u00e4nderna. \u00c4ven Sj\u00f6manskyrkornas sociala arbete bland sj\u00f6folket och deras anh\u00f6riga \u00e4r inkluderat. Det \u00e4r en sp\u00e4nnande bok som tydligg\u00f6r b\u00e5de sj\u00f6folkets utsatthet och mod.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Boken tar upp m\u00e5nga av de sj\u00f6m\u00e4n och yrkesfiskare fr\u00e5n v\u00e4stkusten som f\u00f6ll offer f\u00f6r torpeder och minor under fr\u00e4mst f\u00f6rsta v\u00e4rldskriget. 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