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Sverre Riisnæs: Norway's Nazi Justice Minister and SS Officer Who Escaped Trial
Sverre Riisnæs was one of the most powerful and fanatical collaborators in Nazi-occupied Norway. When Germany invaded the country in April 1940 under Operation Weserübung, Riisnæs quickly aligned himself with Vidkun Quisling and the fascist party Nasjonal Samling. A skilled lawyer and former state prosecutor, he soon rose to become Minister of Justice — a position from which he reshaped the Norwegian legal system into an instrument of Nazi control. Under his authority, new laws were introduced to criminalize resistance, suppress political opponents, and legitimize Nazi terror. Riisnæs was…
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