Norsk fangeleksikon. Grinifangene
Encyclopedia
Norsk fangeleksikon. Grinifangene is a Norwegian
biographical dictionary with details on prisoners incarcerated at the Grini concentration camp between 1941 and 1945.
The encyclopedia was published in 1946 by the publishing house J.W. Cappelens Forlag
, and edited by Børre R. Giertsen. It contains nearly 20,000 short biographical entries, ordered by prison number. The ordering more or less corresponds chronologically to the order of arrival at Grini, with a few exceptions. Each entry contains year of birth, date and cause of arrest, date of arrival at Grini and other prisons, and possibly release date or date of death. The book also contains an overview of the organization of the Grini camp, including members of the German staff.
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
biographical dictionary with details on prisoners incarcerated at the Grini concentration camp between 1941 and 1945.
The encyclopedia was published in 1946 by the publishing house J.W. Cappelens Forlag
J.W. Cappelens Forlag
J.W. Cappelens Forlag, usually referred to as Cappelen, was one of the oldest publishing houses of Norway. J.W. Cappelens Forlag was founded in 1829 by Jørgen Wright Cappelen, of the distinguished Cappelen family. Torger Baardseth was the director of Cappelen between 1904 and 1943. JW Cappelens...
, and edited by Børre R. Giertsen. It contains nearly 20,000 short biographical entries, ordered by prison number. The ordering more or less corresponds chronologically to the order of arrival at Grini, with a few exceptions. Each entry contains year of birth, date and cause of arrest, date of arrival at Grini and other prisons, and possibly release date or date of death. The book also contains an overview of the organization of the Grini camp, including members of the German staff.