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Biography of Vidkin Quisling
Name: Vidkin Quisling
Birth Date: July 18, 1887
Death Date: October 24, 1945
Place of Birth: Fyresdal, Norway
Nationality: Norwegian
Gender: Male
Occupations: military officer, diplomat, prime minister
Vidkin Quisling
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. Found guilty of high treason, Quisling was executed in 1945. His name entered the English language as a synonym for traitor.Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonsson Quisling, whose name became synonymous with the word traitor, was born in Fyresdal, Norway on July 18, 1887 to Jon Lauritz (a priest) and Anna Caroline Bang Quisling. As a child, Quisling was interested in religion, metaphysics, and mathematics. At the age of 12, he invented a mathematical demonstration still taught in Norway today. His parents intended for him to have a career in the military. Quisling graduated from the military academy with the highest grades ever achieved there, earning him a presentation to the king. In 1917, he achieved the rank of captain and in 1931 became a major.Quisling also …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…of the enemy. The word came into use not long after the Germans invaded Norway. "To writers, the word quisling is a gift from the gods. If they had been ordered to invent a new word for traitor they could hardly have hit upon a more brilliant combination of letters," wrote The (London) Times. Plans exist to make Quisling's former home into a Holocaust memorial and human rights center. Further Reading Dahl, Hans Fredrik, Quisling: A Study in Treachery, Cambridge University Press, 1999.Hoidal, Oddvar K., Quisling: A Study in Treason, Norwegian University Press, 1989.Kersaudy, Francois, Norway 1940, St. Martin's Press, 1991.Koht, Halvdan and Sigmund Skard, The Voice of Norway, Columbia University Press, 1944.Hurrell, Greg, "Why Did Quisling Betray Norway?," Wincent's Web Site, http://dove.net.au/%7Eghurrell/docs/quisling.html, (January19, 2000)."Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian Traitor," Museum of Tolerance Online: Multimedia Learning Center, http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/text/x20/xm2068.html, (January 19, 2000).
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