Telavåg

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Telavåg is a small coastal village in western Norway known for the devastating Nazi reprisals carried out there during World War II.

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Telavåg canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement
village
country Norway
dateOfMajorEvent April 1942
distanceToBergen approximately 40 kilometers southwest
eventOccurredIn World War II
hasAdministrativeRegion Vestland
hasCommemorationDay annual remembrance of Telavåg tragedy
hasEducationalUse site for teaching about occupation history in Norway
hasGeography coastal village
hasHistoricalEventType collective punishment operation
war crime site
hasHistoricalSignificance symbol of German occupation brutality in Norway
hasLanguage Norwegian
hasMemorial North Sea Traffic Museum
war memorial for Telavåg tragedy
hasNearbyCity Bergen
hasPostalCountry Norway
hasPrimaryIndustry fishing
small-scale agriculture
hasRebuiltStatus rebuilt after World War II destruction
hasTourismType coastal nature tourism
war history tourism
hasTransportConnection local roads to other parts of Sotra
hasTypeOfCommunity small coastal community
involvedParty Nazi Germany
Norwegian resistance movement
isPartOf Øygarden archipelago
linked to: Øygarden
knownFor Nazi reprisals during World War II
linked to: Nazi war crimes

Telavåg tragedy of 1942
locatedIn Sotra island
Vestland county
linked to: Sogn og Fjordane

former Hordaland county
locatedInFormerMunicipality Sund municipality
locatedInMunicipality Øygarden municipality
locatedInRegion Western Norway
locatedOn North Sea coast
memorialCommemorates Norwegian resistance fighters
victims of Nazi reprisals
wasSiteOf German reprisal operation
destruction of village by German forces
execution and deportation of inhabitants

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Telavåg reprisals location Telavåg