Gamle Oslo , Norway — Northern Europe (a Nordic Country in Scandinavia)

Helene Strand Johansen

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 9, 2024

1. Helene Strand Johansen stolperstein

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Her bodde Helene
Strand Johansen
Født Sterlin
Fødselsår 1903
Deportert 1941
Ravensbrück
Drept mai 1942
Auschwitz

(English translation:)
Here lived Helene Strand Johansen (née) Sterlin. Born 1903. Deported to Ravensbrück in 1941. Killed in Auschwitz in May 1942.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World II • Women. In addition, it is included in the Stolpersteine series list. A significant historical month for this entry is May 1942.

Location. 59° 54.85′ N, 10° 46.192′ E. Memorial is in Oslo. It is in Gamle Oslo. It is on Sørligata, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Sørligata 10A, Oslo 0651, Norway. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

on the Atlantic Arc,

in Europe,

in Atlantic Europe,

in Scandinavia,

in the Nordic Countries,

in the Schengen Area,

and in the Western World.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Enerhaugens Børneasyl / Enerhaugen Children’s Shelter (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Jan Claes (about 180 meters away); Bertha Claes (about 180 meters away); Daniel Claes (about 180 meters away); Pellerins Margarinfabrikk / Pellerins Margarine Factory

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(about 210 meters away); Ulvehiet / “Wolf’s Lair” (about 240 meters away); «Nr. 13» (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Frank Varner (approx. 0.3 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oslo.

Also see . . . Helene Strand Johansen (1903-1942) (Snublestein.no, in Norwegian).

Excerpt: Helene Strand Johansen was a Norwegian-Jewish resistance woman and communist. She was born in Ukraine and married in Moscow in 1930 Johan Strand Johansen, a prominent NKP politician. From 1933, the married couple had a residential address at Sørligata 10 in Oslo. Helene worked for the Soviet news agency "TASS", and from the German occupation of Norway was active in the communist resistance movement. She had no children.

Together with her husband, Helene was arrested by the German security police on 22 June 1941. They were first interned at Møllergata 19, and later transferred to Grini prison camp. On 15 November 1941, the married couple were deported, Johan to Sachsenhausen, and Helene to the Ravensbrück concentration camp. From here she, together with another Norwegian-Jewish resistance woman, Mirjam Kristiansen, was transferred to the extermination camp Auschwitz. Here they were both gassed to death in May 1942.

Helene's husband, Johan Strand Johansen, survived his
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 9, 2024

2. Helene Strand Johansen stolperstein - wide view
Visible here in the pavement directly in front of the entrance
imprisonment in Sachsenhausen, and after his liberation became a minister in Gerhardsen's coalition government. He died in Moscow in 1970.

(Submitted on July 10, 2024.)

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Helene Strand Johansen stolperstein - wider view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 9, 2024

3. Helene Strand Johansen stolperstein - wider view

Credits. This page was last revised on November 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 10, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 183 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 10, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.