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6 unusual facts about Grini concentration camp


Alv Kjøs

When officers were arrested as prisoners-of-war in 1942 during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany Kjøs was imprisoned in Grini concentration camp from April.

Fannrem concentration camp

It was established as an annex to the Grini concentration camp by the Nazi authorities in Norway in October 1944 and lasted until the end of the war.

Graakalbanen

He was then arrested, and spent the rest of the war in the prison camps Falstad and Grini.

Herman Smitt Ingebretsen

During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he was arrested in May 1943, and was incarcerated at Bredtveit concentration camp until 2 July 1943, then Grini concentration camp until the occupation's end.

Kvænangen concentration camp

Kvænangen concentration camp was established in the municipality of Kvænangen in Northern Norway by the Nazi administration of occupied Norway in August 1942, as annex to Grini.

Reidar Kvammen

He was imprisoned in August 1943 and held in prison in Stavanger, then in Grini concentration camp from August to December 1943, then in Stutthof concentration camp until the end of the war.


Bardufoss concentration camp

During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, the Nazi authorities established a "concentration camp in the town of Bardufoss," as an annex to the Grini concentration camp.

Krøkebærsletta

It was primarily a transit camp for prisoners on their way to Falstad, Grini or camps in Germany.

Nils Langhelle

He was arrested on 29 January 1943 and imprisoned in Grini concentration camp from May to December 1943, then in Sachsenhausen concentration camp until the end of World War II.


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