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Organization Todt and forced labor in Norway 1940 – 1945

Bodø, Fauske, Mo, Saltfjellet

"(...) The most impressive building program since Roman times"
Allied intelligence, at the end of World War II

Foreign prisoners of war and forced laborers built the country. Roads, bridges, airports, railways, port facilities, power plants, industrial buildings and fortifications were left behind by the occupying power when the Second World War ended. Many of the buildings are still in use. Around 130,000 prisoners of war and civilian forced laborers were sent here to the country to realize German construction projects. Of these, around 17,000 died after inhumane treatment.

Here you can see pictures from Bodø to Saltfjellet.

From the liberation

Below you can see photos owned by the National Archives PA 0276, Leiv Kreyberg's archive, photographer: unknown

Bodø

Below you can see photos owned by the Nordlandsmuseet, photographer: Johannes Martin Hennig and The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology , photographer: unknown

Fake

Below you can see photos owned by The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology , photographer: unknown

Fake Valvatne

Below you can see photos owned by the National Archives, RAFA3309_U67, photographer: Pieper

Raufjellfossen bridge

Below you can see photos owned by the National Archives, RAFA3309_U67, photographer: Pieper

Saltdalen Rognan

Below you can see photos owned by the National Archives, RAFA3309_U67, photographer: Pieper

Tunnel Rognan Fauske

Below you can see photos owned by the National Archives, RAFA3309_U67, photographer: Pieper

Dunderlandsdalen

Below you can see photos owned by the National Archives, RAFA3309_68, photographer: Pieper

Elsfjord

Below you can see photos owned by the National Archives, RAFA-3309_U71, photographer: unknown and Norwegian Railway Museum, photographer: unknown

Lønnsdal

Below you can see photos owned by the National Archives, RAFA3309_U67, photographer: Pieper

Salt Mountain

Below you can see photos owned by the National Archives, RAFA3309_68a, photographer: Pieper

Cinderella

Below you can see photos owned by the National Archives, RAFA3309_U67b, Photographer: Pieper

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