Vollan prison

Vollan prison interior (1945).

Vollan prison in the city of Trondheim in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway functioned as a concentration camp during the Nazi occupation of Norway.[1][2]

One of its functions was as a transit camp for political prisoners.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "CONCENTRATION CAMPS MULTIPLY IN NORWAY; Swedish Correspondent Writes Food Is Poor and Brutality Rife", New York Times, November 17, 1941. Quote: "At Grini, prisoners get potato soup and six slices of bread a day, while at Vollan prison OT Trondheun [sic -- scanning error?] the food consists of potatoes and herring once a day."
  2. ↑ Cohen, Maynard (2000). A stand against tyranny Norway's physicians and the Nazis. Detroit: Wayne State Univ. Press. p. 137. ISBN 0-8143-2934-9. At Vollan prison in Trondheim Leo Eitinger quickly learned the difference between their former Norwegian jailers and the Nazis that now held him captive.
  3. ↑ "Fangenskap i Norge". Retrieved 2011-12-26. (in Norwegian)


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