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Karl Holm
Karl Holm immigrated to the United States from Norway in 1926 with two of his daughters to find work as a carpenter. Little did he know that, within a few years, he would be called...view moreKarl Holm immigrated to the United States from Norway in 1926 with two of his daughters to find work as a carpenter. Little did he know that, within a few years, he would be called to work with the down and out, the sad and lonely, the jobless and the alcohol dependent, helping to found a “Hoover Village,” which he called Ørkenen Sur or “bitter desert” in Norwegian, in a run-down section of Brooklyn. Here he worked by faith to bring help and hope. He was later recognized by the King of Norway and the Mayor of New York for his work. Every policeman on the beat knew him by name as he made his way to hospitals, to prisons, to the morgue, and to bars.view less