Trondenes- Site of POW Camp

Trondenes was home to a large Russian Prisoner of War (POW) camp at the latter part of the Second World War. Eerily you’ll be reminded of the terrible history of the camp, 800 or so Russian POWs perished in the horrific conditions within the confines and the majority enslaved by the German military or in areas of the town itself. A memorial remains today erected in 1945 as a reminder of the prisoners and fallen comrades and their plight.