Arkivet (Kristiansand)
Arkivet (meaning ''the Archive'') is the established name of Vesterveien 4 in Kristiansand, Norway. The building was constructed in 1935 for the Regional State Archives in Kristiansand, Archival Services in Kristiansand, and in the periods 1935–1940 and 1945–1997 used by this institution. Nevertheless, the building is known as the headquarters of the Gestapo in Sørlandet, southern Norway in the period 1942–1945. The building is owned and operated by the foundation ''Stiftelsen Arkivet''. Arikivet is located in the residential area of Bellevue overlooking the western harbor of Kristiansand. The building in the Functionalism (architecture), functionalist style was completed in 1935, and was 8 March of that year officially adopted by the local department of the National Archives. Gestapo headquarters :: See also the incomplete List of Arkivet prisoners After Norway was Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, occupied by Nazi Germany in April 1940, the building was taken ove ...
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