Stripete poteter og grumsete grøfter : en funksjonsanalytisk studie av den norske arbeidstjenesten i perioden 1940-1945

2011

Masteroppgave i historie- Universitetet i Agder 2011 This MA-thesis is a study of the Norwegian labor service (Arbeidstjenesten) during the five years of German occupation between 1940 and 1945. This thesis, which is the first of its kind, is based predominantly on primary sources found in the Norwegian National Archives (Riksarkivet). The main questions have been as follows: How did Arbeidstjenesten (A.T.) work, and what kinds of functions were assigned to it in the period 1940-1945? To what extent can A.T. said to have been a tool for Nasjonal Samling and the German occupation force, and to what extent did it perform work of social importance? This study is based on a functional analytic …