Jan Baalsrud’s Escape
How could Baalsrud stay alive while fleeing the Nazis?
4.7 (17)
41 mins
Discover how Jan Baalsrud was forced into a desperate escape after a resistance mission in Nazi-occupied Norway went disastrously wrong. Uncover the months he spent hiding and crossing the Arctic wilderness, surviving frostbite, starvation, avalanches, and near-death encounters.
Ep 1:
The Only Man to Reach Shore
When a botched resistance mission ends in fire and gunfire on an Arctic fjord, one wounded commando swims free while eleven comrades vanish—and a legendary manhunt begins.
Ep 2:
The Chain of Hands That Wouldn't Break
As Germany launches a relentless search for the missing 12th man, ordinary Norwegians risk everything to hide him, even as infection forces Jan into an unthinkable act of self-surgery.
Ep 3:
Snowballs, Reindeer, and the Border of Freedom
Blind, starving, and buried by an avalanche, Jan Baalsrud faces his final miles toward Sweden—and the extraordinary cost his rescuers paid to get him there.
Discussions (5)
Ivy
Level 10 · 2 days agoSaying nobody knows Baalsrud is just wrong
Gilbert
Level 6 · 2 days agoHeard the shopkeeper who ratted out the Bratholm shared the same name as the resistance contact. Wrong door, wrong name, eleven men dead. That kind of luck doesn't exist in movies.
Edgar
Level 5 · 2 days agoBro cut off his own toes with a heated knife and kept going... eleven guys didn't make it and he said not today
