Word: quislingism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The leader of Norway's church defiance of Quisling and Hitler-ex-Primate and ex-Bishop of Oslo Eivind Berggrav-was thrown into the Bretvedt concentration camp along with three of his pastors last week, on charges of "instigation to rebellion."
On Easter Sunday nearly 11,000 Norwegian clergymen resigned in protest against the Quisling regime-leaving only about 40 retaining their posts.
So said a dispatch this week from Oslo. The mass resignation followed another coat turning by Vidkun Quisling, who decided to call himself a theologian. Claiming ex-officio standing as "First Bishop" of the established Lutheran Church of Norway, Quisling announced a "new Norwegian Christianity based on race and Lebensraum...
All Quisling's claims, threats and promises have simply made the stubborn Norse churchmen still more stubborn. Norse religious resistance has been growing ever since the very first decree Quisling issued, directing every Norse child to join the Nazi youth organization. The seven Bishops of the State Church denounced...
Leader of the resistance is the ex-Primate of Norway, forthright Bishop Eivind Berggrav of Oslo. Quisling haled him in soon after his resignation, accused him of treason, finally shouted: "You triple traitor! You deserve to have your head chopped off." "Here I am," answered Berggrav, but his offer was...