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English: Uniforms and misc. items from World War II and Nazi concentration camps (German: KZ, KL, Konzentrationslagern, etc.):
  • Military greatcoat and uniform (den mørke uniform med lys kappe) of a lieutenant (løytnant) in the Norwegian Army 1940. Piping in light blue branch colour for engineers.
  • Wooden knife and belt carved by Karl Jespersen from Svolvær, Norway as POW in the Stutthof concentration camp, Poland
  • Uniform/outfit for prisoner no. 16812 (fangedrakt med striper for visebrakke-sjef) of Grini detention camp (Norwegian: Grini fangeleir, German: Polizeihäftlingslager Grini), a Nazi concentration camp in Bærum, Norway, 1941 –1945.
  • Lebensmittel-Sonderkarte 1 Tag Butter Brot Fleisch, German ration card for butter, bread, and meat
  • Stop paddle/traffic wand
  • Soft, striped uniform cap of a KZ prisoner
  • Prisoner's uniform cap with visor and red band for a Kapo, a privileged prisoner who served as a barracks supervisor/warder or led work details in a Nazi concentration camp
  • Uniform coat/tunic of a lieutenant in the British Royal Navy, with white knitted roll neck (polo neck, turtleneck) submariner's jumper/sweater and Norwegian Defence Medal 1940–1945 (Deltagermedaljen 9. april 1940 - 8. mai 1945)
  • Photograph of interior of a British U-boat
  • Cloth brassard or arm band/armlet with printed text: KL Transport Kapo
  • Photograph of uniformed slave workers/forced labourers at a German V-2 rocket factory 1944
  • Wall sign for SS Kommandantur kz Auschwitz, military headquarters at the Auschwitz concentration camp, with National Imperial Eagle of Nazi Germany, Pyro email 1942, etc.
  • Black peaked field cap (M43 "ski cap") of Schutzstaffel (SS) with Totenkopf emblem (SS headdress device/cap badge), ear flaps with one-button closure, and SS eagle (SS Hoheitszeichen) on left side
  • Leather whip
  • Zyklon (trade name of a cyanide-based pesticide used by Nazi Germany during the Holocaust to murder approx. 1.1 million people in gas chambers installed at extermination camps)
  • Nazi concentration camp prisoner's badge with "P" for "Pole"
  • Small box labeled Gift ("poison")
  • Pennant with SS runes
  • Sonderkommando Trawniki Warschau
  • Shoes from a Nazi concentration camp
  • Undergarment (undertrøye) from Grini detention camp
  • Rasjoneringskalender. Almanakkforlaget
  • Sextant
  • German concentration camp prisoners' badges (textile patches): Yellow Star of David marked "Jude" (German for Jew), and triangle sign marked "P" (for Pole)
  • German spring steel stick/baton (Stahlrute)
  • Lebensmittel-Sonderkarte 2 Tage
  • KAPO (cuff title/sleeve band ?)

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Photo taken on May 8, 2019 at the Lofoten War Memorial Museum (Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum) in Svolvær, Norway. The museum exhibits uniforms, militaria, memorabilia, smaller items, etc. related to World War II, the German occupation of Norway 1940 – 1945, and the Third Reich era.

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