• "Festung Norwegen" and slave labourers from the East 

      Soleim, Marianne Neerland (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Between 1941 and 1945, 100,000 Soviet prisoners of war were sent to Norway. More than 90,000 of these Soviet prisoners were soldiers from the Red Army.1 Nearly 7000 of the prisoners were civilian Soviet forced labourers, or so-called ‘Ostarbeiter’. The prisoners were mainly used in the building of railroads, Highway 50, runways, and fortresses along the coastline.2 “Festung Norwegen” were built with ...
    • Graves of the ‘Other’: Norway and the commemoration of soviet prisoners of war 

      Soleim, Marianne Neerland (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-10)
      The memory of other nationalities and their wartime suffering on Norwegian soil are mainly part of a local narrative. While the subject of Soviet prisoners of war is common knowledge in local historical studies, both oral and written, there is virtually no space for a living memory about the Soviet POWs on a national level. Despite forming the largest group of casualties on Norwegian soil during the ...
    • Soviet Prisoners of War in Norway and Finland –treatment, mortality and forgotten memories 

      Soleim, Marianne Neerland (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2020)
      The article describes German and Finnish treatment of Soviet prisoners of war in Norway and Finland, the death rates among Soviet prisoners of war in the two countries and why these prisoners can be described as a forgotten part of the national collective memory in Norway and Finland.
    • The war in the North - everyday life, Soviet prisoners of war and Norwegians´ memories 

      Soleim, Marianne Neerland (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2020)
      The paper dwells upon everyday life, Soviet prisoners of war and Norwegians' memories during the Second World War in northern Norway. Characteristics of the ideological war against the Soviet Union, mistreatment of Soviet prisoners of war, civilian forced labour in northern Norway, Norwegians memories and contact with the Soviet prisoners, the politics of memory and repatriation are demonstrated. ...