Treachery against the nation?
It was looked upon as an act of treachery against the nation to have a German sweetheart in Norway during the Second World War. It led to aggression, acts of revenge and the opening of internment camps throughout the country. Women who married German men just after the war had their passports and Norwegian citizenship taken away. About 3000 women were deported in the summer of 1945 on the basis of a government resolution
Sverre Martinius Johansen started his police career as a regular constable in Bergen, and ended up as head of the National Socialist state police in 1945. During the war he received distinctions for his efforts in Telavåg in the actions against the resistance movement. In 1948 he was sentenced to 20 years hard labour and lost the rights of citizenship for 10 years. In the autumn of 1952 he was pardoned, as were many others who had been sentenced for treachery.
Photos: Regional State Archives, Bergen
It was looked upon as an act of treachery against the nation to have a German sweetheart in Norway during the Second World War. It led to aggression, acts of revenge and the opening of internment camps throughout the country. Women who married German men just after the war had their passports and Norwegian citizenship taken away. About 3000 women were deported in the summer of 1945 on the basis of a government resolution
Sverre Martinius Johansen started his police career as a regular constable in Bergen, and ended up as head of the National Socialist state police in 1945. During the war he received distinctions for his efforts in Telavåg in the actions against the resistance movement. In 1948 he was sentenced to 20 years hard labour and lost the rights of citizenship for 10 years. In the autumn of 1952 he was pardoned, as were many others who had been sentenced for treachery.
Photos: Regional State Archives, Bergen