Bredtveit concentration camp
Coordinates: 59°56′56.64″N 10°51′33.02″E / 59.9490667°N 10.8591722°E
Bredtveit Prison (formally named Bredtveit Prison Service, custody and supervision unit, Norwegian: Bredtveit fengsel, forvarings- og sikringsanstalt) is a prison in Bredtvet, Oslo, Norway. During World War II it was a concentration camp.
It originated at Bredtvet farm as a lærehjem for young boys, erected 1918 and in use from 1919 to 1923. In 1923 the state took over the property from Det norske lærehjem- og verneforbund. In 1929 it was decided to turn the property into a juvenile center with teaching of labour skills; the green light was given in 1939. This plan did not materialize, as the construction of the facility was halted by war.
In 1940, Norway was invaded and occupied by Nazi Germany. From 1941 the Nazi collaborationist party Nasjonal Samling used Bredtveit as a political prison. It bore a similarity to Falstad concentration camp, in the original purpose of the facility.
People incarcerated at Bredtveit during the war include several professors arrested during the crackdown on the University of Oslo in October 1943: Johan Christian Schreiner, Odd Hassel, Ragnar Frisch, Johannes Andenæs, Carl Jacob Arnholm, Bjørn Føyn, Eiliv Skard, Harald K. Schjelderup and Anatol Heintz. Also, a group of Jewish prisoners that arrived in Oslo after the departure of SS Donau stayed at Bredtveit. They left Bredtveit on 24 February 1943, and were shipped towards Auschwitz on the following day.
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