• Memorial to the Victims of the Holocaust in Norway, Helsfyr Jewish Cemetery
In 1948, a memorial to the murdered Jews of Oslo and southern Norway was set up on the Jewish cemetery in the Helsfyr district of Oslo.
Image: Oslo, November 1, 1948, Jewish community president Harry Meier Koritzinsky speaking at the memorial's dedication, Norges Hjemmefrontmuseum
Oslo, November 1, 1948, Jewish community president Harry Meier Koritzinsky speaking at the memorial's dedication, Norges Hjemmefrontmuseum

Image: Oslo, 2001, Memorial to the murdered Jews of Olso and southern Norway on the Jewish cemetery, Bjarte Bruland
Oslo, 2001, Memorial to the murdered Jews of Olso and southern Norway on the Jewish cemetery, Bjarte Bruland
In April 1940, the German Wehrmacht occupied hitherto neutral Norway. At the time, most of the approximately 1,300 Norwegian Jews lived in the cities of Oslo and Trondheim. In addition, about 600 Jews from other European countries had sought refuge in Norway. In September, the German occupying forces under Reichskommissar Josef Terboven (1898–1945) installed a collaborating government in Norway. From June 1941 on, the German occupiers and Norwegian nationalists radicalised the exclusion of Jews. After their wealth had been for the most part confiscated, all Jews in Norway were arrested in October 1942.
In November 1942 and February 1943, the SS deported 690 Jews from Norway, most of them to the Auschwitz extermination camp. A further 80 Jews were deported in the course of other »Aktionen«. Only 30 of those deported survived. 21 Jews died in Norway itself. Around 900 Jews from Norway had been able to flee to Sweden. In all, around 765 Jews from Norway were murdered between 1940 and 1945, over 40 per cent of the country's Jewish population.
Most of Norway's Holocaust victims came from Oslo and southern Norway, 620 in total.
Image: Oslo, November 1, 1948, Jewish community president Harry Meier Koritzinsky speaking at the memorial's dedication, Norges Hjemmefrontmuseum
Oslo, November 1, 1948, Jewish community president Harry Meier Koritzinsky speaking at the memorial's dedication, Norges Hjemmefrontmuseum

Image: Oslo, 2001, Memorial to the murdered Jews of Olso and southern Norway on the Jewish cemetery, Bjarte Bruland
Oslo, 2001, Memorial to the murdered Jews of Olso and southern Norway on the Jewish cemetery, Bjarte Bruland
The memorial is dedicated to the approximately 620 murdered Jews from Oslo and southern Norway.
In 1947, the re-established Jewish community of Oslo decided to set up a memorial to the murdered Jews from Oslo and southern Norway. The memorial - designed by Danish-Jewish sculptor Harald Isenstein - was dedicated on November 1, 1948, on the Helsfyr Jewish Cemetery in the presence of the crown prince. Shaped like a Star of David, there is a column in the middle on which a menorah and an inscription are engraved. Inscribed on the walls around the memorial are the names of the 620 murdered Jews from southern Norway.
Image: Oslo, 1950s, Memorial to the murdered Jews of Oslo and southern Norway on the Jewish cemetery, Norges Hjemmefrontmuseum
Oslo, 1950s, Memorial to the murdered Jews of Oslo and southern Norway on the Jewish cemetery, Norges Hjemmefrontmuseum

Name
Minnestøtten for ofrene for Holocaust i Norge
Address
Tvetenveien 7
0661 Oslo
Phone
+47 (0) 232 057 50
Fax
+47 (0) 232 057 81
Web
http://www.dmt.oslo.no
E-Mail
kontor@dmt.oslo.no
Open
The memorial can be visited during the opening hours of the cemetery.