Gunvor Jensen collection
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Gunvor Jensen
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Stuart Okorofsky
Stuart Okorofsky donated this material to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in January 2010. Mr. Okorofsky met Mr. Jensen on a trip to Norway in 2003 and corresponded with him afterward.
Scope and Content
Consists of letters and testimony written between 2003-2004 by Gunvor Jensen about his activities in the Norwegian Resistance. The testimony explains the history of resistance activity in the city of Stavanger in the Rogaland area of southern Norway, and explains Mr. Jensen's personal activities within the group. Includes photographs, maps, and contextual explanation. In his letters, Mr. Jensen answers questions about the testimony and provides additional information, including a list of "Jackdaws," female members of the resistance dropped in France.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Mr. Gunvor Jensen
People
- Jensen, Gunvor.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Norway.
- Norway--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Norway.
Genre
- Document