During the German retreat in WWII, Finnmark and Nord-Troms were laid waste - villages, schools and hospitals razed and 60,000 people driven into mountain hideouts - but, come liberation, those who’d survived in caves and huts returned with fierce determination to rebuild their homeland.

Hekki Haldonen
Alma, Hekkis kone
Herdis
Ivar
Anne
Bestemoren
Ilja
Adjutanten
Herdis' bestemor
Herdis' bestefar
Basen
SS-mann