Grini detention camp
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Grini prison camp (Norwegian: Grini fangeleir, German: Polizeihäftlingslager Grini) was a Nazi concentration camp in Bærum, Norway, which operated between 1941 and May 1945. Ila Detention and Security Prison is now located here.
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Grini detention camp | |
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Concentration camp | |
Coordinates | 59.9534°N 10.5825°E / 59.9534; 10.5825 |
Other names | German: Polizeihäftlingslager Grini, Norwegian: Grini fangeleir |
Location | Bærum, Akershus, Norway |
Built by | Norway |
Operated by | Nazi Germany |
Original use | Constructed as a women's prison |
First built | 1938–1940 |
Operational | 14 June 1941 – 7 May 1945 |
Liberated by | Harry Söderman |
Notable inmates | List of Grini prisoners |
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