The Teachers' Protest. How Norwegian teachers defeated Nazi education

1942. Occupied Norway. Teachers must join the Nazi Teachers’ League and teach Nazi ideas in their classrooms. 8,000 of them write protest letters. They are threatened with salary withdrawal and the sack. Still they refuse. In a desperate attempt to break them, the Nazi government arrests 1000 male teachers and sends them to prison camps, 300 miles above the Arctic Circle. The education system is in chaos and now the battle begins. 

Jon Seal’s documentary, successfully premiered in the UK and Norway, weaves together archive footage, first-hand testimony and the skilful animation of Herlov Åmland’s poignant drawings to tell this gripping story to an international audience for the first time. The Teachers’ Protest is a sad, tender and uplifting documentary exploring a completely different kind of war story – an inspiring tale of passive resistance.

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Drinks and snacks wll be provided after the screening (around 7pm). All welcome but please sign up using the following Eventbrite link by no later than Tuesday 29 October.

If you have any questions about the event, please don't hesitate to contact Elettra Carbone (elettra.carbone@ucl.ac.uk).