The Atlantic Wall in Regional, National and International Perspective

The present book presents papers from a symposium held in Hanstholm, Denmark in May 2018: “The Atlantic Wall, in regional, national, and international perspective.” The symposium was arranged by three Danish museums in Northern Jutland—Museum Thy, Vendsyssel Historiske Museum (Vendsyssel Historical Museum), Nordjyllands Kystmuseum (Coastal Museum of Northern Jutland)—and Aalborg University. The symposium was part of a project entitled “The Atlantic Wall in Northern Jutland,” carried out by the institutions mentioned above and financed by the Velux Foundation in Denmark in the period 2016-18. The aim of the symposium in May 2018 was to situate the findings of the regional project in a national and an international perspective by inviting Danish and European scholars to present results from their research on related subjects. The symposium was organized in four sections: 1) The Atlantic Wall in Europe, 2) Building the Atlantic Wall, 3) The Atlantic Wall, the Danish armed forces and the Cold War, and 4) Musealization of the Atlantic Wall 1945-2017.