When Germany invaded Norway on 9 April 1940 the long lasting bilateral relations changed
fundamentally. The diversity of Norway during the occupation is presented in this book
confronting research on collaboration persecution and resistance for the first time as an
international endeavour. The different essays illustrate not only exemples of exile and
persecution and ask for the consequences of Nazi politics on prominent and forgotten fates but
depict how Norwegian artists positioned themselves towards collaboration or resistance during
and after the war as well as contrasting it with the impressions of German musicians both
military and civilian playing in Norway during the occupation.
