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    There was a town in Norway called "Quislingstadt" during World War II. True or false?

    Question #108133. Asked by author. (Aug 19 09 5:54 PM)


    ilikeguinness

    		False the name comes from the leader of the national socialist Nasjonal Samling Party, Vidkun Quisling.

    http://knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/Vidkun_Quisling/

    http://www.b24.no/background.htm#Norway and World War II

    Aug 19 09, 6:25 PM
    author

    		This is probably correct.
    Still, in some documents the town of Geilo was called "Quislingstadt" by the Germans, according to Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten. I haven't found any other sources for that. Sorry, reference is Norwegian.

    http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:Oey-pf6xsToJ:www.aftenposten.no/reise/article3184167.ece+geilo+quislingstadt&cd=1&hl=no&ct=clnk&gl=no

    Aug 20 09, 7:16 AM

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