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Beisfjord Massacre: Nazi Forces Burned Yugoslav Prisoners Alive in Norway
The Beisfjord massacre was one of the darkest and least known war crimes committed on Norwegian soil during the Second World War, when German SS personnel and Norwegian collaborators murdered hundreds of Yugoslav prisoners.
After Nazi Germany invaded Norway on 9 April 1940, the country was transformed into a strategic military zone. Roads, railways, and fortifications were built at high speed, and to complete these massive construction projects, the German authorities relied on forced labour. Thousands of prisoners of war and political detainees from occupied Europe were transported north…
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