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Ravner, Øystein
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and was a Sales Manager of ”Norsk Hydro”. He served as a Minister of Supplies
from the 25th September 1940 to the 1st February 1942, but was never a
member of ”Nasjonal Samling”. He was found innocent
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Rinnan, Henry Oliver
(1915-1947)
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Rinnan was a Norwegian
Gestapo agent, and led “Sonderabteilung Lola” in Trondhjem and Nordland.
His unit led to the assests and executions of many Norwegian resistance
members. Rinnans group consisted of about 60 members, and specialized themselves
withi torture and infiltration.
Rinnan was executed on
the 1st February 1947, and 11 members of his group recieved the same sentence. |
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Rendulic, Lothar (1887-1971)
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Rendulic, who was of
Croatian heritage, served in the Austrian-Hungarian army during WW 1. Later
he held several high positions in the Austrian army. He joined the Austrian
nazi party in 1932.
In 1938 Rendulic was
appointed generalmajor, and served at various fronts: Poland, France, Russia
and the Balkans. In June 1944 he was appointed commander of “20. Gebirgsarmee”,
now with the rank of generaloberst. He led the retreating German force,
and was commanding the entire Wehrmacht in Norway for a short time. Rendulic
fought the Russians in Austria at the end of the war, and was finally to
receive a 20 years imprisonment sentence during the Nürnberg trials.
He was however released after three years, and wrote the book “Gekämpft-
Gesiegt-Geschlagen” in 1952. |
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Riisnæs, Sverre
(1897-1988)
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Sverre Parelius Riisnæs
was born in 1897, and was a State Attorney of profession. He had been a
member of NS since July 1940, and was a volunteer
war correspondent with German SS forces in Yugoslavia for a period.
Riisnæs did show
signs of being in mental unbalance during the whole war, but served as
a Minister of Justice from the 25th September 1940 to the end of the war.
He was a member of ”Germanske SS Norge”, and Terboven even had plans of
making him the leader of GSSN.
Riisnæs was found
to be insane during the post-war trials, and spent most of the 60´s
in a mental institution. However, he did recover, and spent his last years
in Norway, Italy and Austria. He died in 1988. |
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Roth, Ernst-August
(1898 – 1975)
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| Became the last Komandandierende
General der Luftwaffe in Norwegen on 10.10.44 as a Generalmajor, being
promoted Generalleutnant on 01.01.45, a post which he held until entering
British captivity on 09.06.45. Roth entered the German Navy on 03.01.16
as an officer and was involved in naval aviation from the start, transfering
to the Luftwaffe on 03.01.34 but remaining involved in naval aviation until
1940 when he became Lufttransport-Chef for X fliegerkorps for the invasion
of Norway. Later on he became Geschwader-Kommodore for KG26 whilst it was
stationed in the country and involved in anti-shipping strikes against
the Arctic convoys sailing to and from Murmansk and Archangel. On 11.02.43
he became Fliegerführer Lofoten at Bardufoss before the post
was renamed Fliegerführer 5 on 19.04.44 and moved to Trondheim. On
19.08.44 Roth left this post and returned to Germany before being recalled
to Norway to take on the Komandandierende General der Luftwaffe in Norwegen
post on 10.10.44. Roth was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 06.11.43 whilst acting
as Fliegerführer Lofoten. |
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Ruge, Otto (1882-1961)
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General Ruge was chief
of the General staff 1933-38, Infantry Inspector (1938)and got appointed
as “Kommanderende general” on the 11th April 1940. (Commander of the Norwegian
armed forces)
Ruge spent the years
1940-45 in German captivity, but was again appointed “Forsvarssjef” (Commander
of the Norwegian armed forces) on the 15 July 1945. He left this position
on the 1st January 1945 after serious disagreements with the Minister of
Defence. After this, Otto Ruge actually joined the Home Defence Forces
(Heimevernet) as lance corporal for a period. General Otto Ruge was awarded
"Storkorset med Kjede" for his service to the nation during WWII. The highest
decoration of St. Olav normally
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