The fate of the mentally ill during the Second World War (1940–1945) in Troms and Finnmark, Norway
The article analyses the fate of the mentally ill living in northern Norway during the 2nd World War, and the way the war changed their lives. The study is the first to give a systematic account of how the mentally ill fared during the deportation of Finnmark and Northern Troms and afterwards. The r...
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| description | The article analyses the fate of the mentally ill living in northern Norway during the 2nd World War, and the way the war changed their lives. The study is the first to give a systematic account of how the mentally ill fared during the deportation of Finnmark and Northern Troms and afterwards. The reader is introduced to the general conditions for mentally ill persons living in the north, their households and communities, the mental care systems and psychiatric institutions. The article also draws comparisons between Nazi politics and actions towards mentally ill in Norway and Germany. The article is an important contribution to an understanding of the impact of war and deportation on this part of the population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e1070f3de5584c88abdd16faec1fe0bd2024-02-02T07:01:27ZengSeptentrio Academic PublishingNordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur0809-16681503-20862015-12-013710.7557/13.36383448The fate of the mentally ill during the Second World War (1940–1945) in Troms and Finnmark, NorwayÅshild Fause0UiT The Arctic University of NorwayThe article analyses the fate of the mentally ill living in northern Norway during the 2nd World War, and the way the war changed their lives. The study is the first to give a systematic account of how the mentally ill fared during the deportation of Finnmark and Northern Troms and afterwards. The reader is introduced to the general conditions for mentally ill persons living in the north, their households and communities, the mental care systems and psychiatric institutions. The article also draws comparisons between Nazi politics and actions towards mentally ill in Norway and Germany. The article is an important contribution to an understanding of the impact of war and deportation on this part of the population.https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3638mentally illsecond world warhistory of mentally illNorthern Norway |
| spellingShingle | Åshild Fause The fate of the mentally ill during the Second World War (1940–1945) in Troms and Finnmark, Norway Nordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur mentally ill second world war history of mentally ill Northern Norway |
| title | The fate of the mentally ill during the Second World War (1940–1945) in Troms and Finnmark, Norway |
| title_full | The fate of the mentally ill during the Second World War (1940–1945) in Troms and Finnmark, Norway |
| title_fullStr | The fate of the mentally ill during the Second World War (1940–1945) in Troms and Finnmark, Norway |
| title_full_unstemmed | The fate of the mentally ill during the Second World War (1940–1945) in Troms and Finnmark, Norway |
| title_short | The fate of the mentally ill during the Second World War (1940–1945) in Troms and Finnmark, Norway |
| title_sort | fate of the mentally ill during the second world war 1940 1945 in troms and finnmark norway |
| topic | mentally ill second world war history of mentally ill Northern Norway |
| url | https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3638 |
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