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Josef Terboven

1898–1945 · 20th century

Josef Terboven was a Nazi Party official and Gauleiter of Essen whom Hitler appointed Reich Commissioner for Norway in April 1940. He held real power over the occupied country from Oslo, working with Vidkun Quisling's Nasjonal Samling while repressing resistance through arrests and executions. He killed himself in May 1945 when Germany surrendered.

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Reichskommissariat Norwegen

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Josef Terboven. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/josef-terboven
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