Victoria Terrace
Victoria Terrasse is a complex of buildings in Oslo , Norway .
Built in the 1880s under the architect Henrik Thrap-Meyer , the Norwegian state used it as a police station and political offices from 1913.
From April 1940, with the occupation of Norway by the Third Reich , the security police and security service had their headquarters there . They used the building complex as an interrogation point for all prisoners in Oslo; it was therefore feared as a site of abuse and torture in Norway. Occasionally prisoners awaiting interrogation jumped through the windows to their death. On September 25, 1942 and December 31, 1944, Victoria Terrasse was the target of Allied air raids; however, the bombs missed the building and instead hit civilian objects.
Today the complex is used by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs .
See also
Web links
- Victoria Terrasse in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
- Victoria Terrace on kulturminnesok.no (Norwegian)
- Article on artemisia.no at Riksantikvaren (Norwegian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Berit Nøkleby: Victoria Terrace . In: Hans Fredrik Dahl (Ed.): Norsk krigsleksikon 1940–45 . Cappelen, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-02-14138-9 .
Coordinates: 59 ° 54 ′ 51 ″ N , 10 ° 43 ′ 43 ″ E