July 22 center brings terror closer – Aftenbladet.no

– It will be very powerful. The first floor of the high-rise will house the center. The venue is still characterized by the bomb that went off, said Municipal and modernization Minister Jan Tore Sanner (H) said.

At the events on July 22 was the result of a deliberate act, is a central starting point for the exhibition opening of four anniversary of the dark Friday.

Unique

– We have lacked a venue that provides an opportunity to discuss and reflect on what happened 22 July. The exhibition will consist of pictures, movies, texts and objects that are directly related to the events or processing of them, says historian and Tor Einar Fagerland said.

Department of Historical Studies at NTNU has the professional responsibility center. The exhibition is designed in dialogue with AUF and support group for 22 July. The question of how the perpetrator and his mindset will be presented, has been central.

– It has been one of the core points. We wanted to make it clear that July 22 was a manmade disaster, and that there was a culprit who was responsible. We do not want to embellish the truth, says Fagerland.

He tells of a close partnership with those who stand behind America’s national memorial to the September 11 attacks, at Ground Zero in New York.

Moves memorial

The funding from the Government of the revised national budget makes that the center can stay open all day. Dependents, survivors and other affected will have the opportunity to visit it in the days before the center opens to the public on July 22.

School Youth is a special target group. A web-based educational programs tailored for secondary schools will be released.

Government and modernization Minister Jan Tore Sanner (H) has also ruled that the temporary national memorial after 22 July will be placed outside the high-rise, against Akersgata.

Originally it was supposed to stand between the Oslo Public Library and Y-block, but construction work in the government quarter makes the place very suitable according to Sanner.

The memorial will be ready by July 22, 2016. (© NTB)