“The Norwegian authorities rewarded the efforts of the Sami during the war with a place in the archives of the office administering the post-war trials of traitors” *(L.E. Michaelsen 1979)
Risking their own lives the Sami border guides led 3000 people over the mountains to freedom in Sweden. But they received very little recognition for their efforts.
Photo 1: Liberation Day 1945 in Jokkmokk.
Photo 2: Border guide Amund Nicolai Johnsen. - prisoner no. 72120 in Sachsenhausen, Germany, from 30/9/1943 till the end of the war.
Risking their own lives the Sami border guides led 3000 people over the mountains to freedom in Sweden. But they received very little recognition for their efforts.
Photo 1: Liberation Day 1945 in Jokkmokk.
Photo 2: Border guide Amund Nicolai Johnsen. - prisoner no. 72120 in Sachsenhausen, Germany, from 30/9/1943 till the end of the war.