- E-ISSN: 2666-5050
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oa Graves of the ‘Other’: Norway and the commemoration of soviet prisoners of war
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: Heritage, Memory and Conflict Journal, Volume 3, Issue 1, May 2023, p. 15 - 18
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- 08 Jul 2021
- 12 Jul 2021
- 10 May 2023
Abstract
Abstract
The memory of other nationalities and their wartime suffering on Norwegian soil are mainly part of a local narrative. While the subject of Soviet prisoners of war is common knowledge in local historical studies, both oral and written, there is virtually no space for a living memory about the Soviet POWs on a national level. Despite forming the largest group of casualties on Norwegian soil during the war, the Soviet POWs have not been included at the national level of the Norwegian history of occupation.
Marianne Neerland Soleim
Keyword(s):
Collective memory;
Exhumation;
Operation Asphalt;
Soviet victims;
War graves;
War memorials