The Holocaust in Norway

Antisemitism in Norway - While parallel to such bigotry elsewhere in Western Europe in Norway, antisemitism in Norway has had a distinct history, reaching its apex during the Holocaust in Norway.

Berg concentration camp - Berg was a concentration camp near Tønsberg in Norway that served as an internment and transit center for political prisoners and Jews during the Nazi occupation of Norway.

Berthold Epstein - Berthold Epstein was a Czechoslovakian pediatrician, professor, and scientist.

Carl Fredriksens Transport - Carl Fredriksens Transport was the code name for an operation during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany to help Jews in Norway escape persecution, deportation, and murder in death camps.

Cissi Klein - Cissi Pera Klein was a Norwegian Jewish girl who is commemorated every year as one of the victims of the Holocaust in her home town in Trondheim.

Falstad concentration camp - Falstad concentration camp was a prison camp in Ekne in Skogn, close to Levanger, Norway, used mostly for political prisoners from Nazi-occupied territories.

Feldmann case - The Feldmann case was a controversial criminal case in Norway in which two border pilots admitted to killing an elderly Jewish couple during the Shoah in Norway and stealing their money.

Hans Aumeier - Hans Aumeier was an SS-Sturmbannführer and the deputy commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp.

Hans Loritz - Oberführer Hans Loritz joined the SS in 1930 and in 1933, began work as an officer at the Dachau concentration camp.

Heinrich Fehlis - Heinrich Fehlis was an SS officer during World War II, most noted for his command of the Sicherheitspolizei and Sicherheitsdienst in Norway during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany.

Jewish Children's Home in Oslo - The Jewish Children's Home in Oslo was established in 1939 under the auspices of Nansenhjelpen, a humanitarian organization established by Odd Nansen, the son of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Fridt...

Karl Marthinsen - Karl Alfred Nicolai Marthinsen was the Norwegian commander of Statspolitiet and Sikkerhetspolitiet in Norway during the Nazi occupation during World War II.

Kjesäter - Kjesäter is a manor in the municipality of Vingåker in the county of Södermanland that now serves as a folkhögskola and youth hostel.

Knut Rød - Knut Rød was a Norwegian police officer responsible for the arrest, detention and transfer of Jewish men, women and children to SS troops at Oslo harbor.

Leo Eitinger - Leo Eitinger was a Holocaust survivor and Norwegian Psychiatrist who studied the late-onset psychological trauma experienced by people who went through separation and psychological pain early in...

Martial law in Trondheim in 1942 - During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, the occupying powers imposed martial law in Trondheim and surrounding areas effective October 6, 1942 through October 12, 1942.

Moritz Rabinowitz - Moritz Moses Rabinowitz was a Norwegian retail merchant based in the city of Haugesund in the county of Rogaland, memorialized for his humanitarian outlook and contribution to his city.

Nansenhjelpen - Nansenhjelpen was a Norwegian humanitarian organization founded by Odd Nansen in 1936 to provide safe haven and assistance in Norway for Jewish refugees from areas in Europe under Nazi control.

Nic Waal - Nic Waal, born Caroline Schweigaard Nicolaysen in Kristiania, Norway was a Norwegian psychiatrist, noted for her work among children and adolescents in Norway where she is known as "the mother o...

Norwegian Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities - The Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities in Norway opened its doors to the public on August 24, 2006 at the former residence of Vidkun Quisling known as Villa Grande, on the ...

Odd Nansen - Odd Nansen was a Norwegian architect, author, and humanitarian, credited with his humanitarian efforts on behalf of Jews in the early years of World War II and for being a founder of UNICEF.

Ruth Maier - Ruth Maier was an Austrian woman whose diaries describing her experiences of the Holocaust in Austria and Norway were published in 2007 to generally favorable reviews, leading her to be describe...

Sigrid Helliesen Lund - Sigrid Helliesen Lund was a Norwegian peace activist, noted for her humanitarian efforts throughout most of the 20th century, and in particular her resistance to the occupation of Norway during ...

SS Donau - SS Donau was a 9,035 ton transport ship used by the Kriegsmarine between Germany and Norway during World War II. She became known as the "slave ship" after the SS and Gestapo transported 540...

SS Monte Rosa - She was delivered to Hamburg-Südamerikanische-Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft in 1931, which named her SS Monte RosaMonte RosaSS Monte Rosa and used her for cruises.

White Buses - "White Buses" refers to a program undertaken by the Swedish Red Cross and the Danish government in the spring of 1945 to rescue concentration camp inmates in areas under Nazi control and transpo...