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Feature article in Yedioth Ahronoth (Israel), 22 September 2011

News and events // 22/05/2009 //

The exhibition “Wergeland’s Legacy - Jewish Life in Norway 1851 - 1945”, opened at Beth Hatefusoth (The Diaspora Museum) in Tel Aviv on 5 May. Almost 200 people came to the official opening ceremony, which featured a key note speech by Mrs. Berit Reisel, Chairperson of the Board, Center for Studies of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities in Oslo. The musical performance by Brillaner Duo...

Norwegian Jews and the Holocaust; Norwegian ”Righteous among the nations”

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9 April 1940 Norway was attacked by Nazi Germany. The German occupation of Norway lasted until the war ended in Europe, 8 May 1945. The Jewish community of Norway was hit hard by the Holocaust. The first anti-Jewish measure was introduced just a month after the beginning of the Nazi occupation, in May 1940, when radios of Jews were confiscated. In October 1941 registration of Jewish pr

Stumbling to Remember

Wergeland’s Legacy: Exhibition of Jewish Life in Norway 1851-1945

Norwegian Jews and the Holocaust; Norwegian ”Righteous among the nations”

Royal Norwegian Embassy in Tel Aviv