Between the Front and Home ​-​ German Occupation in Norway 1940​-​1945

On April 9, 1940, the Wehrmacht marched into Norway. By the end of the war, hundreds of thousands of German soldiers – including many Austrians – were stationed in Norway. Historian Maria Fritsche examines everyday life under German occupation from both perspectives for the first time. How did the soldiers encounter the land and the population? What was the coexistence of Norwegians with the "enemy" like?

Based on court records and other documents, Fritsche illuminates the power relations between occupiers and the occupied, as well as the fate of soldiers who no longer wanted to be soldiers. She also addresses individual fates from the Bludenz area.

An event of the City Archive Bludenz and the History Association Region Bludenz.