Word: scavenius
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Erik Scavenius, 85, Denmark's puppet Prime Minister during the Nazi occupation; in Copenhagen. An arrogant aristocrat, he greeted the Germans with the statement that Hitler had "stricken the world with astonishment and admiration," formed a Danish Free Corps to fight the Russians, and remained in power until 1943, when the Nazis were forced to appoint a military governor; his explanation was that he collaborated to spare his country from Nazi terror, and though he did not go to prison, his countrymen never forgave...
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