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Historian Terje Emberland claims that the NRK is abusing him to launder the 5,000 Norwegians who volunteered for the Waffen-SS.
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Norwegian front fighters are portrayed in a new NRK series as a gang of idealistic young men who during the war joined the Waffen-SS to fight communism and other ugliness.
Lead historian Terje Emberland of the Holocaust Center is now attacking producer and director Alexander Kristiansen.
“No idea”
“The trend of the whole series is apologetic and testifies that the creators of the show probably have a lot of knowledge about the types of weapons and the front sections, but they have nothing to do with Nazism. At the meeting with the Waffen-SS veterans, therefore, they have acted as a microphone stand for their selective recounting of what they participated. To this narrative they then add “documentary” credibility through dramatizations., writes Emberland on Facebook and continues:
“As I have been part of a large and long-standing research project initiated by the government on the SS and Norway, I was interviewed with several research colleagues for this series. When we got to read the first draft of the script, we realized what presentation characterized the series, what statements of ours were cut off, and in what contexts quotes from us were used.
We protested and demanded major changes as a condition of allowing our interviews to continue to be used. They promised us. Then we didn’t hear anything until they told us that the series was finished and that it was going to be broadcast. After reviewing, I can now state that only minor changes were made to our usage. Rather, the program’s creators chose to strengthen the money laundering trend by incorporating what they call “fashion expertise.” This was a clear breach of promise and we have protested to NRK. “
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On NRK’s own website, Communications Manager Camilla Sand writes that the “Frontkjempere” series, which begins Tuesday of the week, will hopefully contribute to reflection and reflection on the Norwegian self-image of the war years, which has largely been marked. for heroic stories of resistance work. Front Fighters is a documentary series that sheds light on a darker part of our war history. “
Not approved
Terje Emberland says she was almost surprised to see the publicity clips for the series now available:
“Here I am interrupted with a quote in which I say that the task of historians is not primarily to condemn, but to understand the motives of the Norwegian Waffen-SS volunteers. Then there is space for statements by the Waffen-SS volunteers themselves. , where they tell how bad they were and that they only wanted to fight communism. Mi and the other researchers reiterated that their motive was that they wanted the victory of Nazism is not included. Therefore, apparently I approve of the self-presentation of apology from the veterans.
In the latest show, much attention and sympathy is paid to the wrath of SS veterans for being called “traitors.” They “fought for Norway,” they say. Yes, that is correct. They fought for a Nazi Norway in a German-dominated Nazi Europe. “
Obviously, we are at the starting point of a third islet hike over the course of half a year, where historians – and others – loudly protest stories of “artistic” lies that are marketed as “historically correct.”
First was the revelation of Mars Michelet’s systematic manipulation of the sources in the book “What did the home front know?”
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Then came the insulting NRK series “Crossing the Atlantic,” where the meaning of Crown Princess Märtha’s friendship with President Roosevelt rose to incredible dimensions, while Crown Prince Olav was almost hidden as a point of no importance.
Going to clean
Now NRK wants to change the history of the Norwegian SS and turn the 5,000 or so guys into heroes who fought bravely on the Eastern Front and had never witnessed a hint of genocide.
Read more about the Norwegian debate here.
Manufacturing some events, doing lavish series, and marketing the works as historically correct with a touch of artistic liberties now seems to have become a deliberate course on the part of NRK’s management. But when you do a whole series to clean up those who donned the enemy’s uniform, the reactions are conceivable to be sharp.
Terje Emberland is now demanding that the quotes from the interview with him before Tuesday’s premiere be removed. It will be interesting to see how NRK management responds to such a demand.
In any case, this will be a violent rampage.
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