Word: quislingism
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What about his letter to Adolf Hitler urging "a great Germanic community, with Norway's voluntary affiliation to the Greater German Reich?" he was asked. A forgery, muttered Quisling, the work of "an enemy."
What about Major Quisling's refusal to serve in the Norwegian Army at the time of invasion? Quisling's answer: he could not serve a government he disapproved.
Social Call. What about his visit to Grand Admiral Raeder-when, according to Nazi Alfred Rosenberg, he had offered a plan for Norway's invasion? Stuttered Quisling: "A social call-a misunderstanding."
Quisling made a determined effort to keep himself wrapped in the noisome rags of his old preeminence. When he heard testimony that he had left the Royal Palace a rat-ravaged, bottle-strewn shambles, he replied stiffly: "I took care of the Palace very well indeed-you are trying to...
The trial wore on, and a carefully planned case was laid before the judges. Vidkun Quisling was not getting the kangaroo court he richly deserved; this was an orderly procedure with full respect for evidence and the rights of the accused. The judges heard and read diaries, reports, letters, depositions...