Norwegian Remembrance of the World Wars

Jon Reitan is an associate professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He has coauthored several books (including three with Trond Risto) and is the author of Jodene fra Trondheim (The Jews from Trondheim). Trond Risto is a professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He is the author of Da freden brot los: De forst manedene i frihet etter andre verdenskrig (When peace broke out: The first months of freedom after the Second World War). Leiv Sem is a professor at Nord University. He has coauthored and coedited several books on cultural history, including Painful Heritage: Studies in the Cultural Landscape of the Second World War.

Preface Introduction Jon Reitan, Trond Risto, and Leiv Sem 1. Fallen Seamen: Norway and the Topography of World War I Remembrance Jon Reitan 2. Voices from the Trenches: Exploring Norwegian Memoirs of WWI Trond Risto and Leiv Sem 3. The Inner Enemy in Contemporary Fiction Leiv Sem 4. Remembering Nazi Camps in Norway Jon Reitan and Trond Risto 5. Visualizing Survival: Norwegian Jews and the Photography of Liberation in Buchenwald Karianne Hansen 6. The Legacy of the Norwegian 1942 Teachers' Revolts Against the Nazi RegimeLeiv Sem and Ole Petter Vestheim 7. First Encounters of WWII in Norwegian Classrooms: Teaching the Occupation, Resistance, and Liberation from 1945 to 1960 Susann Longva Vaeth 8. World War Memories in Foreign Policy: Norway Between Britain and Germany Geir Ketil Almlid Acknowledgments

"Enlightening, cohesive, and original. Together, the chapters show a shift from nationally framed, hero-focused remembrance to a more transnational, victim-focused memory culture. A substantial contribution to an important field." - Dean Krouk, University of Wisconsin-Madison "A novel, cross-disciplinary, and deeply researched study of Norwegian memory culture that explores how societies mobilize memories of war." - Barbara Toernquist-Plewa, Lund University