Abstract
The museum of reconstruction for Finnmark and Northern Troms uses personal war memories from childhood and adolescence e.g. in exhibitions, articles and lectures. However, 70-year-old memories are most likely processed and changed over time, and critics often consider memories untrustworthy. Some scholars claim that positive memories stick better than negative memories, while others vice versa. The first research question addresses this problem by asking: “Are good or bad experiences most likely remembered?”. Discussing this revealed different factors affecting the memories, such as the desire to honor the parents, the questionnaire design, and more. The purpose of the second research question was to gain a deeper understanding of the factors that might would enhance or hinder resilience or vulnerability in the face of their war experiences at the time.
Highlights
This paper is based on memories of childhood and adolescence during World War II.2
In particular, to memories relating to the forced evacuation of Finnmark and Northern Troms, Norway 1944
Oral history interviews were conducted with 30 time witnesses, both men and women, between 2004 and 2014
Summary
This paper is based on memories of childhood and adolescence during World War II. It relates, in particular, to memories relating to the forced evacuation of Finnmark and Northern Troms, Norway 1944. This paper is based on memories of childhood and adolescence during World War II.2 It relates, in particular, to memories relating to the forced evacuation of Finnmark and Northern Troms, Norway 1944. During the German retreat from Murmansk front towards the end of the war the Germans implemented the scorched earth tactics in Finnmark and Northern Troms. This was done to deny resources to the Soviet Red Army. The Norwegian population was forcibly evacuated to an unknown destination, or escaped to hide in mountain caves or turf huts (Hauglid 1985; Petterson 2008). The youngest was born in 1940 while the eldest was born in 1924 and was 16 years old in 1940.3
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