Vidkun Quisling

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His name is now a term that means traitor. That’s because after two decades of working for the Norwegian government in various roles, he collaborated with Hitler and the Nazi party, welcomed the German occupation of his country.

Research:

• “Biddle Tells Quisling His Power Wanes.” The Herald Press. April 1, 1943. https://www.newspapers.com/image/363504037/?match=1&terms=vidkun%20quisling
• Boszhardt, Alianna. “The Making of a Norwegian Traitor, Part one of four.” The Norwegian American. March 20, 2018. https://www.norwegianamerican.com/the-making-of-a-norwegian-traitor/
• Boszhardt, Alianna. “The Making of a Norwegian Traitor, Part two of four.” The Norwegian American. April 3, 2018. https://www.norwegianamerican.com/the-making-of-a-norwegian-traitor-2/
• Boszhardt, Alianna. “The Making of a Norwegian Traitor, Part three of four.” The Norwegian American. April 17, 2018. https://www.norwegianamerican.com/the-making-of-a-norwegian-traitor-3/
• Boszhardt, Alianna. “The Making of a Norwegian Traitor, Part four of four.” The Norwegian American. May 1, 2018. https://www.norwegianamerican.com/the-making-of-a-norwegian-traitor-4/
• Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Vidkun Quisling". Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Jul. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vidkun-Abraham-Lauritz-Jonsson-Quisling
• Dahl, Hans Fredrik, and Anne-Marie Stanton-Ife, translator. “Quisling: A Study in Treachery.” Cambridge University Press. 1999.
• Groot, J.J.M. de. “Religion in China: Universism, a key to the study of Taoism and Confucianism.” New York. Putnam. 1912. https://archive.org/details/religioninchina00groouoft/page/n13/mode/2up
• Hope, Michael. “Whitewashing a Puppet.” The Bolton News. April 15, 1965. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1052599254/?match=1&terms=quisling
• Hoyt, Harlowe R. “Gave Treason Another Name.” The Plain Dealer. October 13, 1945. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1059633943/?match=1&terms=vidkun%20quisling
• Jewish Doctor Testifies Today at Quisling Trial.” Macon Chronicle-Herald. Aug. 23, 1945. https://www.newspapers.com/image/81226988/?match=1&terms=quisling%20trial
• “Judge Irked by Quisling During Trial.” The Salem News. Aug. 21, 1945. https://www.newspapers.com/image/84879107/?match=1&terms=quisling%20trial
• LoBello, Nina. “Mrs. Traitor’s House.” The Courier-Journal. July 6, 1965. https://www.newspapers.com/image/109140240/?match=1&terms=quisling
• “Praise for Quisling Called False History.” Ottowa Citizen. July 10, 1965. https://www.newspapers.com/image/459202980/?match=1&terms=quisling%20trial
• “Quisling Denies Having Norwegian Leader Murdered.” Belleville Daily Advocate. Aug. 22, 1945. https://www.newspapers.com/image/768360537/?match=1&terms=quisling%20trial
• “Quisling Grows Hysterical; Letters Tell of Treachery.” The Sentinel of Winston-Salem. August 22, 1945. https://www.newspapers.com/image/933856899/?match=1&terms=quisling%20trial
• “Quisling Hysterical at Trial for Treason.” Globe-Gazette. Aug, 22, 1945. https://www.newspapers.com/image/391322402/?match=1&terms=quisling%20trial
• “Quisling Is as Quisling Does.” Winnipeg Tribune. May 14, 1940. https://www.newspapers.com/image/37529988/?match=1&terms=%22Quisling%20is%20as%20Quisling%20Does%22
• “Quisling Sobs Denial of Murder Charge.” St. Cloud Times. Aug. 22, 1945. https://www.newspapers.com/image/222063849/
• Quisling’s Trial Begins; State Charges Treason.” The Dayton Herald. Aug. 20, 1945. https://www.newspapers.com/image/392367670/?match=1&terms=quisling%20trial
• “Read German Document at Quisling Trial.” The Bee. August 21, 1945. https://www.newspapers.com/image/962372254/?match=1&terms=quisling%20trial
• Ueland, Brenda. “Brenda Ueland Sees Ruge, Norway’s Hero, at Trial of Quisling.” Minneapolis Daily Times. Aug. 29. https://www.newspapers.com/image/813998739/?match=1&terms=quisling%20trial
• “Vidkun Quisling.” Holocaust Encyclopedia. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/vidkun-quisling-1

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