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Prior to the deportation of individuals of Jewish background to the concentration camps there were at least 2,173 Jews in Norway. During the Nazi occupation of Norway 772 [ 1 ] of these were arrested, detained, and/or deported, most of them sent to Auschwitz or other extermination camps where 742 were murdered. 23 died as a result of ...
It was titled "The Reisel/Bruland Report on the Confiscation of Jewish Property in Norway during World War II," and is commonly known as the "blue book" and is on file at the Norwegian Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities. Ottosen, Kristian (1994). I slik en natt - historien om deportasjonen av jøder fra Norge. Oslo: Aschehoug.
Many Jews who could, fled the country. "Nearly two-thirds of the Jews in Norway fled from Norway". [47] Of these, around 900 Jews were smuggled out of the country by the Norwegian resistance movement, mostly to Sweden but some also to the United Kingdom. [48] In 1942, before deportations started, there were at least 2,173 Jews in Norway.
During the Nazi occupation of Norway, German authorities deported about 768 individuals of Jewish background to concentration camps outside of Norway. [1] Between 28 and 34 of those deported survived [2] their continued imprisonment (following their deportation).
As far as I can judge, these were the largest anti-Jewish riots in Norwegian history. Even before and during World War II, when anti-Semitic prejudices were strong, public policies were discriminatory, and the Nazified State Police efficiently confiscated Jewish property and deported Jews on that despicable slave ship SS Donau - even then ...
Within a few months, most of Norway's Jews would be murdered in Auschwitz, driven underground, or to Sweden, where they sought refuge until the war ended. The arrest and deportation of political leaders into the Nacht und Nebel camps in Germany also intensified after this. In truth, Norway was already under martial law by any conventional standard.
After most of the Jewish prisoners had been deported, [3] several groups of political prisoners moved in. Conditions deteriorated after this, and disease became prevalent. In April 1943, conditions started to improve somewhat, but Berg was considered among the worst camps in Norway and far worse than Grini.
Decree bans Jews from practicing law 23 June 1941 Sixty Jewish prisoners are imprisoned at Grini: 10 October 1941 All Jews in Norway are ordered to submit their identification papers to be stamped with the letter "J" 26 December 1941 Benjamin Bild dies at Gross-Rosen: 22 January 1942 "Racial" definitions of Jewish identity are formalized in Norway