1945: Vidkun Quisling, Who Made His Name As A Traitor

On this date in 1945, eponymous Nazi collaborator Vidkun Quisling was shot at Oslo’s Akershus Fortress for high treason. By the time of his death, the Nazi collaborator (English Wikipedia page | Norwegian) had already given his surname to English and other languages as a synonym for traitor. Just deserts for his efforts as chief of the fascist party Nasjonal Samling to aid the Nazi conquest of his home country.

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  • Vidkun Quisling | Holocaust Encyclopedia
    Vidkun Quisling was a Norwegian fascist and Nazi collaborator. He served as Minister President of Norway from 1942 to 1945 in a Nazi puppet state. His last name has since come to mean “traitor” or “collaborator.”
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  • Vidkun Quisling | Encyclopedia.com
    Vidkun Quisling (1887-1945) served as the prime minister of Norway during the German occupation, from 1940 to 1945. He collaborated with the Nazis and was responsible for the persecution of Norwegian Jews.
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    Discover the story of Vidkun Quisling, the infamous Norwegian military officer, politician and Nazi collaborator whose name is known throughout Norway and beyond. We often hear that the name of a particular celebrity or historical figure is “synonymous with…” something or another.
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  • Vidkun Quisling on Trial in Norway for War Crimes
    Into a police court in Oslo, Norway, comes Vidkun Quisling to plead for his life. One of the war's most notorious traitors faces retribution for his crimes, as the judge enters, and the first preliminary trial of a major war criminal begins.
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  • Vidkun Quisling
    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 .
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