DS Donau
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On the 26th of November 1942 the German cargo ship DS Donau sailed past this exact spot. On board were 532 unsuspecting Norwegian Jews, crammed together into the cargo hold on their way to the concentration camp at Auschwitz, 303 men, 188 women and 42 children. They arrived on the 1st of December 1942 and the women, children and elderly were sent directly to the gas chambers. Of those who left only 9 returned to Norway. This assault meant that this was also the day that Norway suffered its greatest loss during the Second World War. Three years later, in January 1945, the DS Donau was sunk by the resistance heroes Max Manus and Roy Nilsen, the ship sank right outside of Drøbak. It was at that point retreating and was full of German troops and equipment heading towards the Russian frontline to fight against the allied forces during the final phase of the war. The ship was raised and removed in 1952, but there are still remnants of the equipment on the bottom of the fjord.