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unusual facts about Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany



Alta Battalion

During the occupation many former members of the battalion were active in the resistance movement, mostly working with gathering intelligence on German forces in Finnmark.

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.

Asbjørn Øksendal

He has written several books on the subject of the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, including Lurøy-affæren from 1966, Operasjon Oleander from 1968, Når nøden er størst (on POW camps in Trøndelag) from 1969, Sluttspill i Rinnans bandekloster (on Sonderabteilung Lola) from 1971, and Gulltransporten (on the flight of the Norwegian National Treasury) from 1974.

Bagn Bygdesamling

The permanent display consists of artifacts from both the Stone Age and Iron Age, textiles and clothing, furniture and kitchen items and artifacts from the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany.

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.

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.

Glemmen

Henry Gundersen (1920–1945), Norwegian resistance member who was executed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany

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.

Jens Bache-Wiig

During the Quisling regime of German-occupied Norway, Bache-Wiig served in the non-political Administrative Council until September 1940, when it was replaced by the Reichskommissariat Norwegen headed by the Norwegian Nazi Terboven.

John Rognes

During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he organized early military resistance, along with Olaf Helset and Paal Frisvold.

Karl Marthinsen

Karl Alfred Nicolai Marthinsen (sometimes spelled Karl Martinsen) (25 October 1896, Karlsøy – 8 February 1945, Blindern) was the Norwegian commander of Statspolitiet and Sikkerhetspolitiet in Norway during the Nazi occupation during World War II.

Kirkenes

During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, Kirkenes was one of the many bases for the German Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe's Jagdgeschwader 5, and apart from that, the area served as a main base for supplies to the Murmansk front (see Lapland War).

Kristian Kristiansen

During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, which started in 1940, Kristian became involved in resistance work.

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.


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