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Books about Tvind

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THE MASTER FROM TVIND
(Mesteren fra Tvind)
by Frede Farmand
(March 2003)

A 'history of the Teacher's Group revolution' by the critical Danish investigative journalist Frede Farmand, who has collected thousands of documents to support his account.

Farmand describes Amdi Petersen as a 'Master', who in almost Biblical terms, became a self-appointed revolutionary and saviour through his creation, the Teachers Group.

The first truly comprehensive glimpse into the 'project' behind the Tvind organisation and an important contribution to the story.  (Danish only)

Further details on this book  go

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THE TRAVELLERS
(Den Rejsende)
by Hans la Cour
(Sept 2002)

A personal account of 18 years in Tvind.

Hans la Cour was an idealistic young man who joined Tvind in the early days of the movement and rose to become a close confidant of Amdi Petersen.

During 18 years, he reveals how he helped launder money through the Humanitarian Fund, the Tvind charity that is now the subject of Amdi's prosecution.   La Cour, now a TV producer in New Zealand, is a leading witness against Amdi and the other TG-members.

La Cour was in a central position in the Fund, a project-leader in some of the most important, extravagant projects, amongst them Global Research (2.4 million Danish kroner) and The Voice of The Third World (14 million Danish kroner).

He left the TG 12 years ago because, he says, he found out that the whole idea not was to help the suppressed masses of the world - but to help Amdi and the TG.  He stayed silent for 10 years but 2 years ago he told Danish TV2 what he knew.  In the book he - for the first time - tells the whole story about his life in the TG and his many meetings with Amdi.  (Danish media)  

Aschehoug Dansk Forlag, Copenhagen,  ISBN 87-11-11579-3, 368pp (2002)

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PSYCHO-CULTS
How the soul-catchers work
(Psycho- Sekten. Die Praktiken der Seelenfnger)
by Frank Nordhausen and  Liane von Billerbeck 

Berlin journalists Nordhausen and Billerbeck include a chapter about Tvind in their book on "psycho-cults", detailing Tvind's worldwide network and complex financial structure

(Fischer-TB.-Vlg. Ffm. 1999.  ISBN 3596142407)   (in German)    .

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ON THE ROAD TO VICTORY
The story of the School Co-operation Tvind and its creator Mogens Amdi Petersen
(P sejrens vej -  historien om skolesamvirket Tvind og dets skaber Mogens Amdi Petersen)
by Jes Fabricius Mller

Jess Fabricius Mller's Tvind Information pages,  Includes a constantly-updated English-language update of news about Tvind from the Danish press.

 

 (Forlaget DIKE, 256pp)  (in Danish)

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HOW TO LIVE YOUR DREAM OF VOLUNTEERING OVERSEAS
by Zahara Heckscher

a US development aid expert, is a former volunteer.  Her book on international volunteer programs warns people away from Teachers Group programs in a section about the Institute for International Cooperation and Development, cites the schools cult affiliation and many examples of mismanaged development projects.

     Further details on this book
     What the book says about IICD
     Zahara's story.

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MORE DYING FLOWERS - a critical anthology on Tvind.
(Flere Visne Blomster - en kritisk antologi om Tvind)
by 21 former Tvind teachers
(1980)

 (285pp)  (in Danish)

This was the first book in Denmark to take issue publicly with Tvind.    It was put together during the mid-1970s by Palle Mller and Heinz Behncke, two left-wing but disillusioned Tvind students, after an unsuccessful journey with the Travelling Folk High School to south America.

The students believed that Tvind was neither democratic nor genuinely revolutionary and fostered closed thinking.   In a selection of poems, essays and fiction, the various contributors take issue with Tvind's claim to be a revolutionary alternative movement.

The title, 'more dying flowers' deliberately harks back to Chairman Mao's famous 1957 dictum, 'Let a hundred flowers bloom' - which was of course followed by the Cultural Revolution and increased state repression in China.     The authors believed the Tvind programme, which was closely modelled on Chairman Mao, also led to repression.

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Tvind set indefra  (Tvind from the Inside)  by Britta Rasmussen. (in Danish)  (Tommeliden, Mre Byvej 30, 5853 rbk, Denmark Tel 0045 65 98 23 74,  Fax 65 98 25 74)

La France aux cente sectes   by Jean-Pierre van Giert  (A hundred cults in France)  (Editions Vauvenargues, 1997.  ISBN 2-7443-0049-7) mentions Humana-France.  (in French)

Les socits secrtes et les sectes  by Jean-Pierre Bayard  (Secret Societies and Cults)   (Éditions Philippe Lebaud, 1997 ISBN 2-86645-255-0)  covers Humana France,Tvind.    (in French)

 

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THE MASTER FROM TVIND
(Mesteren fra Tvind)
by Frede Farmand
(March 2003)

A 'history of the Teacher's Group revolution' by the critical Danish investigative journalist Frede Farmand, who has collected thousands of documents to support his account.

Farmand describes Amdi Petersen as a 'Master', who in almost Biblical terms, became a self-appointed revolutionary and saviour through his creation, the Teachers Group.

The first truly comprehensive glimpse into the 'project' behind the Tvind organisation and an important contribution to the story.  (Danish only)

Further details on this book  go

THE TRAVELLERS
(Den Rejsende)
by Hans la Cour
(Sept 2002)

A personal account of 18 years in Tvind.

Hans la Cour was an idealistic young man who joined Tvind in the early days of the movement and rose to become a close confidant of Amdi Petersen.

During 18 years, he reveals how he helped launder money through the Humanitarian Fund, the Tvind charity that is now the subject of Amdi's prosecution.   La Cour, now a TV producer in New Zealand, is a leading witness against Amdi and the other TG-members.

La Cour was in a central position in the Fund, a project-leader in some of the most important, extravagant projects, amongst them Global Research (2.4 million Danish kroner) and The Voice of The Third World (14 million Danish kroner).

He left the TG 12 years ago because, he says, he found out that the whole idea not was to help the suppressed masses of the world - but to help Amdi and the TG.  He stayed silent for 10 years but 2 years ago he told Danish TV2 what he knew.  In the book he - for the first time - tells the whole story about his life in the TG and his many meetings with Amdi.  (Danish media)  

Aschehoug Dansk Forlag, Copenhagen,  ISBN 87-11-11579-3, 368pp (2002)

PSYCHO-CULTS
How the soul-catchers work
(Psycho- Sekten. Die Praktiken der Seelenfnger)
by Frank Nordhausen and  Liane von Billerbeck 

Berlin journalists Nordhausen and Billerbeck include a chapter about Tvind in their book on "psycho-cults", detailing Tvind's worldwide network and complex financial structure

(Fischer-TB.-Vlg. Ffm. 1999.  ISBN 3596142407)   (in German)    .

ON THE ROAD TO VICTORY
The story of the School Co-operation Tvind and its creator Mogens Amdi Petersen
(P sejrens vej -  historien om skolesamvirket Tvind og dets skaber Mogens Amdi Petersen)
by Jes Fabricius Mller

Jess Fabricius Mller's Tvind Information pages,  Includes a constantly-updated English-language update of news about Tvind from the Danish press.

 

 (Forlaget DIKE, 256pp)  (in Danish)

HOW TO LIVE YOUR DREAM OF VOLUNTEERING OVERSEAS
by Zahara Heckscher

a US development aid expert, is a former volunteer.  Her book on international volunteer programs warns people away from Teachers Group programs in a section about the Institute for International Cooperation and Development, cites the schools cult affiliation and many examples of mismanaged development projects.

     Further details on this book
     What the book says about IICD
     Zahara's story.

MORE DYING FLOWERS - a critical anthology on Tvind.
(Flere Visne Blomster - en kritisk antologi om Tvind)
by 21 former Tvind teachers
(1980)

 (285pp)  (in Danish)

This was the first book in Denmark to take issue publicly with Tvind.    It was put together during the mid-1970s by Palle Mller and Heinz Behncke, two left-wing but disillusioned Tvind students, after an unsuccessful journey with the Travelling Folk High School to south America.

The students believed that Tvind was neither democratic nor genuinely revolutionary and fostered closed thinking.   In a selection of poems, essays and fiction, the various contributors take issue with Tvind's claim to be a revolutionary alternative movement.

The title, 'more dying flowers' deliberately harks back to Chairman Mao's famous 1957 dictum, 'Let a hundred flowers bloom' - which was of course followed by the Cultural Revolution and increased state repression in China.     The authors believed the Tvind programme, which was closely modelled on Chairman Mao, also led to repression.

 

Tvind set indefra  (Tvind from the Inside)  by Britta Rasmussen. (in Danish)  (Tommeliden, Mre Byvej 30, 5853 rbk, Denmark Tel 0045 65 98 23 74,  Fax 65 98 25 74)

La France aux cente sectes   by Jean-Pierre van Giert  (A hundred cults in France)  (Editions Vauvenargues, 1997.  ISBN 2-7443-0049-7) mentions Humana-France.  (in French)

Les socits secrtes et les sectes  by Jean-Pierre Bayard  (Secret Societies and Cults)   (Éditions Philippe Lebaud, 1997 ISBN 2-86645-255-0)  covers Humana France,Tvind.    (in French)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
  

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