Book contents
- The Quislings
- New Studies In European History
- The Quislings
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Translations
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Occupation
- Chapter 2 Transition
- Chapter 3 Foundation
- Chapter 4 Adjudication
- Chapter 5 Limitation
- Chapter 6 Interpretation
- Chapter 7 Correlation
- Conclusion
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 7 - Correlation
The Norwegian Treason Trials in European Perspective
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 December 2024
- The Quislings
- New Studies In European History
- The Quislings
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Translations
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Occupation
- Chapter 2 Transition
- Chapter 3 Foundation
- Chapter 4 Adjudication
- Chapter 5 Limitation
- Chapter 6 Interpretation
- Chapter 7 Correlation
- Conclusion
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This final chapter relates the Norwegian treason trials to comparable processes in both Eastern and Western Europe following the Second World War. In contextualising the Norwegian trials, the chapter looks in particular at events in Denmark, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, the Czech Lands, Poland, Italy and Hungary. In its analysis, the chapter identifies four key aspects of the Norwegian trials that help mark them out as distinctive within a wider European context: 1) the considerable planning capacities enjoyed by the exile government; 2) the relative absence of extrajudicial violence upon liberation; 3) the unparalleled scope of the trials; and 4) the strong focus placed by the Norwegian authorities on the trials’ legality. The more fundamental tensions and challenges that Norway experienced as a result of occupation and collaboration were shared across Europe, however.
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- The QuislingsThe Trials of Norwegian Wartime Collaborators, 1941–1964, pp. 257 - 297Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024