Cue cards: World War II
The Bovrup card index is now available as a searchable database
When the Second World War ended in Denmark, there was a strong reaction to the fact that former members of the Nazi party were not prosecuted. Instead, they could...
Releases 1800 pages about the war in the north
For the first time, there is now a book that deals with the Second World War in Northern Norway and the High North. Over 1800 pages, everything from...
2,750 forms relating to Norwegian officers 1940-1945 online
In April 1944, the Germans demanded that all officers who participated in the defense of Norway in 1940 be registered. In this way, the occupying power could have...
New project takes an in-depth look at World War II narratives
With a budget of NOK 25 million, Unfinished Past will research how the war is communicated through media such as literature, film, theater and TV series.- The...
Now we know who the merchant sailors really were
Between 1940 and 1945, several thousand sailors sailed for the Norwegian merchant fleet – and were Norway's largest contribution to the Allied victory during World War II...
Digitizing the traitor archive
The National Archives of Norway consists of around 90,000 cases, and the Archives now aims to scan all of them for publication in the Digital Archives. It is...
Making a film about the Battle of Narvik
The extensive fighting in Narvik and the surrounding area during the Second World War has since become known simply as the Battle of Narvik. Now it is being...
Creates a national register of everyone who took up arms in 1940
The Narvik Center Foundation conducts research, dissemination and documentation of issues related to war and conflict. Now they want to create a national participant register of...
Norwegian prisoners of war are now online
44,000 Norwegians were imprisoned during World War II. Information about who these people were as well as a number of other sources from World War II are...
Identifies victims from German concentration camps
Efforts are now underway to identify everyone who was sent to the horrific Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. The concentration camp was located in Oświecim in Poland, and 9 of...
