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 Herøya.