8. Vidkun Quisling and the Nazi Occupation of Norway
Vidkun Quisling, leader of Norway’s fascist Nasjonal Samling party, collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II. After Germany’s invasion of Norway in 1940, Quisling attempted a pro-German coup, establishing a puppet government. From 1942 to 1945, his regime facilitated the deportation of Norwegian Jews to Auschwitz. Quisling’s name has since become synonymous with “traitor” (encyclopedia.ushmm.org).
