Einar Dønnum
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Einar Olav Dønnum was a Norwegian Nazi collaborator who was executed during the legal purge in Norway after World War II
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, he worked in the Nazi-dominated Statspolitiet. He was known for brutal interrogation methods, which included torture. He hired his teenage son as an assistant.
Members of the Norwegian resistance movement
, including Asbjørn Sunde
, had several failed assassination attempts towards Dønnum. However, the Nazi occupation ended on 8 May 1945, and in 1947, as a part of the legal purge in Norway after World War II
, his son was sentenced to six years of forced labour, and Einar Dønnum was sentenced to death for treason. He was executed at Akershus Fortress
on 22 April 1947.
Legal purge in Norway after World War II
When the occupation of Norway ended in May 1945, several thousand Norwegians and foreign citizens were tried and convicted for various acts that the occupying powers sanctioned...
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World War II
During the occupation of Norway by Nazi GermanyOccupation of Norway by Nazi Germany
The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany started with the German invasion of Norway on April 9, 1940, and ended on May 8, 1945, after the capitulation of German forces in Europe. Throughout this period, Norway was continuously occupied by the Wehrmacht...
, he worked in the Nazi-dominated Statspolitiet. He was known for brutal interrogation methods, which included torture. He hired his teenage son as an assistant.
Members of the Norwegian resistance movement
Norwegian resistance movement
The Norwegian resistance to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany began after Operation Weserübung in 1940 and ended in 1945. It took several forms:...
, including Asbjørn Sunde
Asbjørn Sunde
Asbjørn Edvin Sunde was a Norwegian sailor, communist, a saboteur against the Nazi occupation of Norway during the Second World War, and a convicted spy for the Soviet Union. During the war, from 1941 to 1944, Sunde's group - the Osvald Group - carried out approximately 200 acts of sabotage and...
, had several failed assassination attempts towards Dønnum. However, the Nazi occupation ended on 8 May 1945, and in 1947, as a part of the legal purge in Norway after World War II
Legal purge in Norway after World War II
When the occupation of Norway ended in May 1945, several thousand Norwegians and foreign citizens were tried and convicted for various acts that the occupying powers sanctioned...
, his son was sentenced to six years of forced labour, and Einar Dønnum was sentenced to death for treason. He was executed at Akershus Fortress
Akershus Fortress
Akershus Fortress or Akershus Castle is a medieval castle that was built to protect Oslo, the capital of Norway. It has also been used as a prison.- Construction :...
on 22 April 1947.