A Stand Against Tyranny: Norway's Physicians and the NazisWhile many citizens participated on the Resistance, the role of Norway's physicians was central to its efforts. This book retells the dramatic history of Norway's physicians during the Nazi occupation - of their valour, dedication and irreplaceable contribution to their nation's liberation. |
Contents
Preface | 7 |
A Brief History of Norway | 11 |
Introduction | 13 |
The Separation from Sweden | 16 |
Between Two World Wars | 21 |
Russian Prisoners of War | 23 |
Fridtjof Nansen in the League of Nations | 31 |
Nansen in Armenia | 39 |
The Power of the Press | 158 |
The University Is Closed | 164 |
An Underground Refuge | 171 |
Inside Nazi Prisons | 175 |
The Infamous Grini Prison | 181 |
Through the Hospitals to Safety | 200 |
Norwegians in Nazi Concentration Camps | 209 |
Leo Eitinger in Auschwitz and Buchenwald | 211 |
The Shadow of | 47 |
Quisling Turns to the Nazis | 49 |
First among the AntiNazis | 55 |
In his Fathers Footsteps | 63 |
the Russian Attack on Finland | 83 |
A No Longer Neutral Norway | 89 |
The Perfidious Invasion | 91 |
The Resistance Begins | 105 |
Nazi Pressures Mount | 115 |
The Underground Organizes | 121 |
The Campaign Against the Jews | 130 |
The Destruction of Telavåg | 146 |
The Norwegian Reserve Police in Sweden | 150 |
A Daybook of Despair | 226 |
The March to Freedom | 237 |
The Occupations End | 239 |
Caring for Norways Allies | 247 |
A Tragedy in the North | 262 |
The Aftermath of | 265 |
Leo Eitingers Long Journey Home | 267 |
The Trial of Vidkun Quisling | 272 |
Epilogue | 280 |
Notes | 293 |
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