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Henry Rinnan became one of the most feared collaborators in occupied Norway during World War II. Working closely with the Gestapo — the Nazi secret police — he led a network of informants known as Sonderabteilung Lola, or the Rinnan Gang, which infiltrated Norwegian resistance groups through deception and betrayal.
Operating mainly from Trondheim, Rinnan and his agents helped the Germans arrest, torture, and eliminate resistance members and civilians suspected of opposing the occupation. Their actions contributed to hundreds of arrests, deportations to German concentration camps, and the deaths of numerous Norwegians.
The story of Henry Rinnan, the Rinnan Gang, the Norwegian resistance, and the Gestapo reveals one of the darkest chapters of Nazi occupation in Norway — and how one of the country’s most notorious wartime collaborators ultimately paid for his crimes after the fall of Nazi Germany.

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“Norway’s Most Feared Nazi Collaborator & Gestapo Informant: Henry Rinnan”

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00:00Despite facing severe repression, including arrests, torture, and executions by the Gestapo, the Norwegian resistance remained resilient.
00:10Their efforts significantly disrupted German operations, contributed to Allied intelligence, and bolstered national morale, ultimately playing a vital role in
00:18Norway's liberation.
00:20However, Henry Renan chose to fight for the Germans, and according to his later testimony, he was recruited by the
00:27Gestapo, the Nazi secret police, in June 1940.
00:32In the fall of 1941, he infiltrated the leftist resistance movement in Throntheim under the cover name Fiskvik.
00:39Between 50 and 60 people were arrested.
00:41Until the end of 1941, he worked mainly alone as an agent.
00:47Discover the full story on worldhistory.tv
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