From the Norwegian campaign of 1940 to imprisonment and liberation.
The invasion of Norway
Bjørn Egge served during the German attack on Norway in April 1940. The campaign became the beginning of a wartime experience that would shape his public life for decades.
The Kvarstad ships and captivity
After the Kvarstad ships attempted to break out from Gothenburg in 1942, Egge became a German prisoner. He later spent 18 months as a Nacht und Nebel prisoner in Sonnenburg.
Sachsenhausen and liberation
The surviving members of the Kvarstad group were transferred from Sonnenburg to Sachsenhausen in November 1944. This transfer ultimately saved them from the massacre of the remaining Sonnenburg prisoners. Egge returned to Norway in 1945.
A witness to history
In later life, Egge spoke publicly about the war, prisoners and the responsibility to resist attacks on fundamental rights.
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