DATE: Thursday 20th – Friday November 21st 2008
PLACE: Falstad Memorial and Human Rights Centre in Levanger, Norway. The Centre was established in 2000. The main activities of the centre is education, research and remembrance on the history of the Nazi Camps in Norway during WW II and education on Modern Human Rights Issues. The Centre is located on the grounds of the former SS-Lager Falstad, the second largest Prison Camp established in Occupied Norway between 1940 and 1945. More about Falstad Centre.
SUMMARY: Around 18 million
prisoners became victims of the Nazi camp system in the years 1933-1945.
Every one was a victim of a system where lawlessness was total. Between
10 and 11 million prisoners were murdered in several thousand prison
camps and prisons. After the outbreak of war the camps played a central
role for the German war machine. Most of the prisoners came from
occupied countries. Ruthless use of the prisoners labour resulted in
catastrophic death tolls in the camps. Through this symposium we seek to
explore the history of prisoners of war and forced labour.
LANGUAGE: English
CONFERENCE PRICE: 175,- Euro/ 1400,- NOK (including accomodation and food). Other prices at the registration form.
HOW TO GET HERE: Falstad is located 40 km north of Trondheim Airport Vaernes. From the airport, take northbound train to Skogn Station. On the station there is a taxi central. The distance between Skogn Station and Falstad Memorial is 8 kilometers. Please send us your air travel information to fax + 47 74 02 80 41 or e-mail: post@falstadsenteret.no. |
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REGISTRATION:
Registrations
should be sent by 7th November 2008
to post@falstadsenteret.no or fax + 47 74 02 80 41
[Download
registration form (PDF)]
QUESTIONS?: How to get here, how to pay, where to sleep etc.? - Please contact Anne Sofie Elgseter on +47 7402 8055 or anne-sofie.elgseter@falstadsenteret.no If you have questions concerning the programme, please contact dr.Marianne Neerland Soleim on +47 7402 8044 or marianne-neerland.soleim@falstadsenteret.no
PROGRAMME
Thursday, 20th November 2008
09.00-10.00 Registration and Coffee
10.00-10.30 Prof. Thomas Earl Porter, USA, “Forgotten Genocide: Soviet Prisoners of War”. (North Carolina A&T State University)
10.30- 11.00 Dr. Piotr Setkiewicz, Poland, “IG Farben works at Auschwitz 1941-1945”(State Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau)
11.00-11.30 Dr. Peter Ruggenthaler, “Forced labour in todays Austria during WWII” (Ludwig Boltzmann-Institut für Kriegsfolgen-Forschung Østerrike)
11.30-12.30 Lunch
12.30-13.00 Prof. Michele Levy, USA, “The Ustasha Genocide against Serbs: 1941-1945”. (North Carolina A&T State University)
13.00-13.30 Prof. Edmund Nowak, Poland, “The fate of Polish Prisoners of war in two totalitarian systems in years 1939-1945. Resemblances and differences” (Central Museum of Prisoners of War, Opole)
13.30-14.00 Coffee Break
14.00-14.30 Lecturer Isaac Hershkowitz, Israel, “Rabbinic Nazi-Camp Survivors and the Call for a Religious Protection of Human Prerogatives” (Department of Philosophy Bar-Ilan University)
14.30- 15.30 Questions and discussion
16.00-18.00 Guiding in the Falstad Centre Museum Exhibition, and tour to War memorial Falstad Forest (1 km from the Centre)
20.00 Dinner
Friday, 21st November 2008
09.30-10.00 Coffee
10.00-10.30 Phd. Marina Panikar, Russia, “Comparative perspective on Soviet Prisoners in Norway and German Prisoners of War in the North of Russia” (Arkhangelsk State University)
10.30-11.00 Dr. Lars Westerlund, Finland, “German penal camps in North Finland, 1941-44” (National Archives of Finland)
11.00-11.30 Deputy director Vladimir Korotaev, Russia, “Personal files of Prisoners of war” (Russian State Military Archive)
11.30-12.30 Lunch
12.30-13.00 Author Stephen Tyas, England, “Reporting escapes from German captivity: Allied prisoners and Jews”
13.00-13.30 Prof. Marek Jasinski and associate prof. Lars Stenvik, Norway “Landscape of Evil - Archaeology and Nazi Camps in Norway. A New Approach" (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
13.30-15.00 Coffee and Closing session Dr. Marianne Neerland Soleim, Norway, the Falstad Centre