Vidkun Quisling: The Man Who Sold his Country to the Third Reich

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Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Arnaldo Teodorani
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris

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[jaredmn]

You know you betrayed your country hard when your own name becomes synonymous with betrayal

[crueldevil]

In Norway, if you betray someone, people may say you're doing "A Quisling." So, his betrayal still holds stigma.

[ArcticXun-]

*To call a person a ”Quisling” in Norway still holds the same shameful connotation to it as to call a person “Judas” in other countries around the world. Even though it’s not as commonly used nowadays; it still represents the ultimate deceit & betrayal.*

[Calintares]

fun(?) fact: while it's common knowledge that Quisling was executed at Akershus fortress, the specific location is deliberately obscure, in order to prevent the location from becoming a pilgrim site for his sympathizers.

[Slutuppnu]

Quisling is such a great name for a traitor. It sounds slippery and devious, like a name for the worst kind of snake.

[davidgustavsson]

There's a Swedish (originally probably Norwegian) joke, I assume contemporary with the man:
- Who are you?
- I'm Quisling.
- Sure, but what's your name?

[TheStapleGunKid]

Benedict Arnold: "I'm going to be the most famous traitor in history"

Vidkun Quisling: "Yeah, um....about that...."

[EirikBull]

Nice video. Fun fact: I'm Norwegian, and my grandfather and some of his friends was involved in the arrest of Quisling. They also made off with some souvenirs, like his gun, documents, resistance papers (I assume confiscated) and such. My father actually has Quislings SS ring, among other things. :)

[theHLT]

Its so Scandinavian to fight an occupying enemy force by being passive aggressive and giving the cold shoulder.

[ignitionfrn]

1:40 - Chapter 1 - Vidkun the ambitious
5:10 - Chapter 2 - Vidkun the deluded
9:40 - Chapter 3 - Vidkun the puppet
12:50 - Mid roll ads
14:30 - Chapter 4 - The home front
17:25 - Chapter 5 - Set norway ablaze !
19:55 - Chapter 6 - Curtain falls
22:35 - Chapter 7 - The moon is down

[hardlyb]

Sometimes the enemy of your enemy is also your enemy.

[yannper]

And thus Quisling became an insult in Norway

[magnificentfailure]

Good video. I'm fascinated by the way Norway hung on to their nation. The King(s) fleeing to England and guiding the resistance is inspiring. Everything about Haakon VII was pretty amazing.

[ReyOfLight]

When I was little, there was this elderly couple that my parents had met while being on vacation in the 70’s and then started traveling together with, my parents and I became the children and grandchild that the elderly couple never had of their own, and the elderly couple were truly like grandparents to me as my own grandparents were either not alive or unwell so we couldn’t really do things that many would normally get to do together with their grandparents. Either way, this elderly couple were like grandparents to me and we’d go out camping together and so on. This couple were both born in the early 1900’s, they were 82 (would have been 83 later that year) and 85 years old when they both passed away in 1995, so you could say that they got to see and experience a lot in their lifetimes. The man and his father were both railers who worked on the making of Inlandsbanan in Sweden way back. During WWII the woman’s family helped a Norwegian family in the north part of Norway, and through this couple, my parents and eventually I, also got to know the sisters of that Norwegian family that were helped during WWII. Up until this day the friendship has remained with the last surviving sister from the island of Senja, my parents and I do think she may have passed away now too from old age as we never heard from her last Christmas. But it’s just a friendship and legacy I’d like to put out there, a piece of history and beautiful friendship that lasted for so very many years. I think of this elderly couple often, and miss them to this day, I remember them and cherish the memories, and the memories of the 3 sisters in Norway who survived the war, with the help of a family in Sweden that resulted in a friendship for life between several families. If you ever have the chance to visit Senja, definitely go for it, it’s an absolutely beautiful island! I can also highly recommend the WWII museum in Narvik

[TheOisannNetwork]

"Fridtjof Nansen, an explorer..."

Ah, you're British...

[fredrik]

My friends grandfather was part of the homefront in the city where we live. He was hiding in a small cabin in the forest next to a lake. It was him and 4 others. They were reported to the germans by a woman who was a nazi sympathiser. They were ambushed and he managed to save himself by hiding under the ice on the lake(frozen, then the water had sank, making a small dry pocket under the ice). His 4 friends were killed.

[hristijantalevski]

I like how his surname Quisling has it's own meaning now. It even has a Wikipedia page.

[ThomasAffoltertevis]

But the Norwegians largely resisted Nazi rule with valor. That should be remembered.

[Skinnyd]

I learned about this guy when I was in middle school, and I used to say that "quisling" was equivalent to "Benedict Arnold, " but maybe it's more in line with "Judas."