The Center for the Study of Holocaust and Religious Minorities in Norway is based in Villa Grande on the Bygdøy Peninsula in Oslo. A moving exhibition on the history and victims of the Holocaust was prepared here. The exhibition includes recordings and texts documenting the persecution of Jews and genocide. Visitors can see the bunker in the basement of the building.
Villa Grande was founded in 1917. During World War II, he lived there with his wife Vidkun Quisling. It was the leader of the fascist party, Nasjonal Samling, a collaborator, arrested after the war by the Norwegian Resistance, accused of complicity in deporting Norwegians and Jews to concentration camps, sentenced to death by shooting.
Quisling's bunker was to serve as a hideout during bombing attacks. A 4-meter roof and almost 2.5-meter concrete walls protected, among others food warehouse with cold stores and an office with a telephone line and electric lighting.
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