Quisling Is An Ugly Word

You may have to be of a certain age to know what "Quisling" means. It truly refers to a turncoat, a prominent person who is disloyal to his own country and works to undermine the interests of his own people. Vidkun Quisling was such a person. He was Norwegian.

I know Norwegians and admire the ones I know. Vidkun Quisling, though, aspired to be the dictator or at least puppet leader of Norway's Nazi government during the German occupation.

Quisling was not loyal to his own people.

He came to a bad end in 1945. You can look it up.

He may have genuinely admired Adolf Hitler - I don't know. But he bet on the wrong horse.

In most cases, betting against your own people turns out badly in the end.

Words to remember from the WWII era:

1. Fifth Column;

2. Quisling;

3. Collaborator.