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Today in Jewish History - February 1 / Shvat 22 |
1942 February 1, VIDKUN QUISLING (Norway)
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Vidkun Quisling |
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The head of the pro-Nazi National Union Party (Nasjonal Smaling) was appointed prime minister by Josef Terboven, the Nazi commissioner. Quisling initiated anti-Jewish measures including confiscation of property and the establishing of labor camps. Half of Norway's 1,600 Jews were deported to Auschwitz on October 25, 1942.
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