In 1934, Kahrs joined the Nasjonal Samling. He also joined Hirden, and from 1936 was a member of NS Kamporganisaison. Fought on the Norwegian side when Norway was attacked by Germany from 9 April 1940. During the Second World War he became a lieutenant, and for a while acting battalion commander in the Norwegian ski fighter battalion (1944) which participated on the German side. Before this, he was sent to the Eastern Front as a squad leader and company commander at Leningrad, in the Norwegian Legion. For his efforts in 44 (Karel) he was awarded the Iron Cross 1st class. At the end of the war, Kahrs was the leader of the Førerguard, Vidkun Quisling's bodyguard.
In the national fraud settlement, Kahrs was sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude. On 3 July 1947, he escaped, together with three others, from Espeland prison camp. He took the boat "Solbris" to Argentina, arriving on 23 July 1948, where he lived the rest of his life. Kahrs died in 1986.
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