Forced labour in the territory of occupied Norway during The Second World War - living and working conditions of Czechs as part of a total deployment in the areas of construction of Nordland- and Polar Line in 1942-1945

The diploma thesis deals with the topic of Czech forced workers in Norway during the World War II. It follows the bachelor's thesis, which generally presented this almost unknown chapter of Czech-Norwegian history within the broader context of forced labor within the Norwegian territory. However, the work presented focuses on specific areas of deployment in the background of the Polar Line construction project in the north of the country, which had the highest priority in the Nazi plans. The thesis provides a deeper analysis of the collected sources, especially diaries, and on the basis of this charts the overall working and living conditions of Czech manpower in each construction section. At the same time, the work also takes into account the perspective of other interested parties, including Norwegian residents who have become an important part of Czechs' stay in Norway, as the research reveals. In addition, in this context, life in the camp and outside of it is discussed while the thesis compares the conditions in these two intertwining "worlds". The final part then focuses on the post-war situation and outlines how this experience affected the Czechs and how it is viewed within the framework of research on both Czech and Norwegian side