1945: Vidkun Quisling, who made his name as a traitor

ExecutedToday.com ^ | October 24, 2008 | Headsman

[CheshireTheCat]

On this date in 1945, eponymous Nazi collaborator Vidkun Quisling was shot at Oslo’s Akershus Fortress for high treason. By the time of his death, the Nazi collaborator (English Wikipedia page | Norwegian) had already given his surname to English and other languages as a synonym for traitor. Just deserts for his efforts as chief of the fascist party Nasjonal Samling to aid the Nazi conquest of his home country. Quisling interrupted a radio broadcast on April 9, 1940 to proclaim himself Prime Minister* and order cooperation with invading Germans....

[kiryandil]

Wonder if Chinese collaborators in high places in this country will go out in the same style?

I can think of one mouthy senile punk who takes money from the Chinese...

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Leonard Siffleet also deserves a mention. Millions of people have seen his photo though few know his name.

[goldbux]

. . . just desserts not deserts

[Rurudyne]

Quislings today have finessed their collusion with the ChiComs and others, control the deep state which covers for them, etc.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Is “Vidkun Quisling” the Norwegian equivalent name for John Kerry?

[Enterprise]

I first became aware of that photo when I bought the paperback “The Knights of Bushido.” It was the cover of that book.

[MCF]

I know a women, soon to turn 90, whose future husband, now deceased, was on the firing squad. He told her he didn’t have the blank.

[omega4412]

And Carrie Lam may profit by his example

[dfwgator]

Hitler basically ignored Quisling and had his own German run Norway during the war.