After suffering from guilty pangs for nearly thirty years, a German man sought to make amends by sending a $375 to a small store in Norway where he shoplifted while on vacation in 1970.

The check was sent to a small store in Lom, a town of about 2,300 people, 155 miles north of Oslo. The man, whose name has not been released, said he had been traveling in Scandinavia with his young brother and girlfriend, now his wife in 1970 and stopped in this town for some time. "For many years, my conscience has bothered me. With the enclosed check, I hope to free myself from that and request your help," the German man said. "I would also like to ask for forgiveness for the wrong I did so long ago," he added.

According to AP reports, the German man confessed he shoplifted about 40 German marks ($15) worth of items from a local store, which he recalled only as "a souvenir shop with a big parking lot."

In a letter, he asked Mayor Simen Bjoergen, the Mayor of the town to find the shop owner and give him the check. In case the Mayor was unable to locate the shop, he asked him to donate it for a good cause.