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Wednesday, 9 November 2016

Bloodveien

The Beisfjord massacre was a massacre on 18 July 1942 in Beisfjord, Norway of 288 political prisoners who were killed at Lager in Beisfjord . The massacre had been ordered a few days earlier by the Reichskommissar for Norway Josef Terboven.

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Arctic Peace Studio is an collective started by artist Marsil Andelov Al-Mahamid based in Tromsø and geographer and musician Gregory Taff based in Oslo/Tromsø. The main goal of the Arctic Peace Studio is to focus on world wide peace. Through various workshops, collaborations with other peace organizations and youth centers, art and non-formal education, the Studio will strive to become an operative peace center in the Arctic region and globally. Another important mission of the Studio is to build international support for the abolition of nuclear testing and use of nuclear weapons. A strong focus will also be on integration and forced migration.