 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yepakati pehondo Skard akazvizivisa semushori weFascism, kutanga uye pamberi pezvose semuteveri weOxford Group. Apo Nazi Germany yakapinda muNorwayMuna 1940, Skard akapinda muhondo muGudbrandsdalen. Germany yakakunda, asi chimwe chezviratidziro zhinji zvavagari vemo chakatevera apo zviremera zveNazi zvakanga zvava kuda kuchinja mitemo yokugamuchirwa kuyunivhesiti mumatsutso a1943. Mukutsiva, zviremera zvakasunga vashandi 11, vadzidzi vechirume 60 uye vadzidzi vechikadzi 10. Vashandi Johannes Andenæs, Bjørn Føyn, Johan Christian Schreiner, Harald Krabbe Schjelderup, Anatol Heintz, Odd Hassel, Ragnar Frisch, Carl Jacob Arnholm, Endre Berner naEiliv Skard vakatumirwa kumusasa wevasungwa weGrini. Skard akatanga kuiswa mujeri paBredtveit kubva musi wa15 Gumiguru kusvika musi wa22 Mbudzi, ndokuzoiswa paBerg kusvika musi wa8 Zvita, ndokuzoiswa paGrini kusvika musi wa5 Chivabvu 1945. Kunze kwakasvika muchando chapfuura, apo Skard akapedza mwedzi muVictoria Terrasse. 