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3 days ago · Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling ( / ˈkwɪzlɪŋ /, Norwegian: [ˈvɪ̂dkʉn ˈkvɪ̂slɪŋ] ⓘ; 18 July 1887 – 24 October 1945) was a Norwegian military officer, politician and Nazi collaborator who nominally headed the government of Norway during the country's occupation by Nazi Germany during World War II .
- Military officer, politician
- Johan Nygaardsvold, (as Prime Minister)
Apr 26, 2024 · Vidkun Quisling today is remembered in History as one of the biggest traitors of World War 2. He was a man who would collaborate with Hitler and the Nazis, a...
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3 days ago · On 14 December 1939, Raeder introduced Adolf Hitler to Vidkun Quisling, a Nasjonal Samling former defence minister of Norway. Quisling proposed pan-Germanic cooperation between Nazi Germany and Norway. In a second meeting on 18 December, Quisling and Hitler discussed the threat of an Allied invasion of Norway.
3 days ago · Fridtjof Nansen. Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen ( Norwegian: [ˈfrɪ̂tːjɔf ˈnɑ̀nsn̩]; 10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930) was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He gained prominence at various points in his life as an explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and co-founded the Fatherland League .
May 13, 2024 · Some Norwegians spoke out or intervened on behalf of Jews, from members of the police and clergy to the underground. But collaborationist leader Vidkun Quisling’s government actively participated in the arrest and deportation of Norway’s Jews directly to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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Apr 30, 2024 · The Norwegian 'treason trials' were the most extensive post-Second World War 'reckoning' with wartime collaboration in all of Europe. Following the war, tens of thousands of Norwegians were sentenced for their wartime actions, including the notorious leader of Norway's collaborationist party Nasjonal Samling, Vidkun Quisling. And yet many wartime actions also went unpunished, including, in the vast majority of cases, violence perpetrated against Norway's Jewish minority. The Quislings ...
May 12, 2024 · On this day, Vidkun Quisling, a former minister of defense, and Johan Bernhard Hjort, a lawyer, founded the Nasjonal Samling (National Unity) party in Norway. This political party was nationalist and fascist in orientation, drawing inspiration from other fascist movements of the time, notably the Nazis in Germany.
