Falstad Centre

The Falstad Centre (Norwegian: Falstadsenteret) and Falstad Museum is a memorial site in Ekne, Norway.

Falstad Centre
Falstadsenteret
Falstad Centre is located in Nord-Trøndelag
Falstad Centre
Location in Nord-Trøndelag
Falstad Centre is located in Norway
Falstad Centre
Falstad Centre (Norway)
LocationEkne, Norway
Coordinates63°41′29.08″N 11°2′29.33″E
Websitehttp://falstadsenteret.no/

The Falstad Centre Foundation was established in August 2000 as a national centre for the education and documentation of the history of imprisonment during the Second World War, humanitarian international law and human rights. The institution also has a rich museum collection, built up from the establishment of the first Falstad museum in 1985. In 2006, the center moved into what was once the main building in the SS camp Falstad. From that time, the institution has also conducted extensive work on the development of the former camp area as a memorial landscape.[1]

Location and history

The Falstad Centre is a memorial site and center for human rights.[2][3] The center consists of the Falstad concentration camp and Falstad Woods, which stand nearby and were used as an execution site by the German occupation authorities.[4][5] Today the woods are a war grave and protected national heritage site.

The Falstad Centre's director, Tone Jørstad, guides a group in the woods where prisoners were killed. The relief Arkebusering (Execution by Firing Squad), by Odd Hilt, shows a German firing squad executing three Norwegian patriots.

The Falstad Museum was established in 1995 in connection with the 50th anniversary of liberation at the end of the Second World War. It has been set up in the basement of what was the main building of the Falstad concentration camp (German: SS Strafgefangenenlager Falstad). The Falstad Centre foundation was established in 2000 and is a national educational and documentation center covering the wartime history of prisoners of war, humanitarian law, and human rights.[6] The center was opened on October 7, 2006.[2][7] The center collaborates with various educational and art institutions including schools and universities, research centers, archives, and human rights organizations.

Faces of Power

In spring 2019, the Falstad Centre initiated the project “Faces of Power – Art in the Commander’s Residence,” Six artists and writers were invited to discuss and propose artistic expressions to be incorporated into the former commander’s house: Anne Helga Henning, Dag Hoel, Edvine Larsen, Tore Reisch, Ingrid Storholmen and Gulabuddin Sukhanwar.[8]

The first phase of the project was carried out with support from the Arts Council Norway and the Fritt Ord Foundation. Now, the Commander’s Residence serves as a place for different artistic projects and welcomes visitors from Norway and Europe.

Exhibitions

The exhibition 70-årsmarkering for ankomsten av jugoslaviske fanger til Norge under andre verdenskrig (Seventieth Anniversary of the Arrival of Yugoslav Prisoners in Norway during World War II) was held at the center in 2012.[9]

Collaboration

Falstad Centre collaborates on various project with different universities, schools and human rights organization, art and culture centres to promote human rights education.[10]

Research

Research and development are core activities in the work of the Falstad Centre. Our research staff has expertise in the subjects of philosophy, history, cultural heritage management, art history and comparative literature. We work closely with the universities in the region and with other national and international institutions.[11]


See also

References
  1. "The Falstad Centre - falstadsenteret.no". Falstadsenteret.no.
  2. Ree, Toe Ole. 2016. Åsne om radikale søstre. Innherred (November 30).
  3. Reitan, Jon. 2011. The Nazi Camps in the Norwegian Historical Culture. In: Helle Bjerg, Claudia Lenz, Erik Thorstensen (eds.), Historicizing the Uses of the Past: Scandinavian Perspectives on History Culture, Historical Consciousness, and Didactics of History Related to World War II , pp. 57–76. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 67.
  4. Moen, Bjørn M. 2012. Gravskrifter. Trondheim: Communicatio Forlag AS.
  5. Reitan, Jon. 2005. Jødene fra Trondheim. Trondheim: Tapir Akademisk Forlag, p. 101.
  6. Sem, Leiv. 2014. Black Holes of Memory: Defining a Norwegian Museum of Human Rights. In: Annette B. Fromm, Per B. Rekdal, & Viv Golding (eds.), Museums and Truth, pp. 101–124. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 102.
  7. Midjo, Per-Magne. 2015. Jørstad går av som direktør. Trønder-Avisa (June 30).
  8. "Art at Falstad - falstadsenteret.no". Falstadsenteret.no.
  9. Ognjenović, Gorana. 2012. Thanking the People of Norway / Takk til det norske folk. Jasenovac: Jasenovac Memorial.
  10. "Education - falstadsenteret.no". Falstadsenteret.no.
  11. "Research - falstadsenteret.no". Falstadsenteret.no.
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