Lom prisoner of war camp

Lom prisoner of war camp
Lom krigsfangeleir
Lom in Innlandet
TypePrisoner-of-war camp
Site information
Controlled byNorway
Site history
Built17–20 April 1940 (17–20 April 1940)
Built byNorwegian 2nd Division
In use20–27 April 1940
MaterialsLoar School, barbed wire, timber, trenches
EventsNorwegian Campaign
Garrison information
Past
commanders
Lieutenant Colonel Lars Dannevig
Garrison6 officers, 100 soldiers
and 4 female personnel

Lom prisoner of war camp (Norwegian: Lom krigsfangeleir) was a facility used by the Norwegian 2nd Division to hold German prisoners-of-war during the 1940 Norwegian Campaign of the Second World War. The camp, which operated from 20 to 27 April 1940, also held Norwegians accused of collaborating with the Germans or the Norwegians fascists led by Vidkun Quisling.

In the morning of 27 April 1940, the camp was evacuated due to German forces advancing in the area, and the prisoners were marched westwards across the mountains to Sogn. By the time the prisoners and guards reached Sogn after an exhausting march, the resistance in South Norway was collapsing. The prisoners were soon abandoned and left to themselves by the Norwegian guards.


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