The ferry D/F Hydro was sunk by the Norwegian resistance movement on February 20th, 1944. Four Germans and fourteen Norwegians perished in the incident. Fifty years later, to the day, on Sunday 20 February 1994, the county governor of Telemark unveiled a memorial in honour of the victims, close to the place the "Hydro" sank.
Read more about the tragic story here.
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