Talk:Josef Terboven

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[edit] Formal legality

Fastifex has proposed the following paragraph about Terboven:

He was made Reichskommissar (Commissary) of Norway on April 24, 1940, even before the military invasion (started ) was completed on 7 June 1940, since the Nazis felt a more authoritarian approach was needed. He moved into the Norwegian crown prince's residence in Skaugum and made the Stortinget (Norwegian parliament)'s buildings his headquarters; Nazi authorities got the parliament to proclaime the end of the monarchy 25 September 1940, changing the name of the state to Norway until the pre-war Norwegian constitutional monarchy re-assumed control in 9 May 1945.

The Nazis instituted a number of pseudolegal devices to create a semblance of legitimacy around what they were doing, and kept the clearly illegal activities secret. But what is important to realize here is that the Norwegian parliament passed on all legislative and other powers to the cabinet that was initially fleeing German forces and then went into exile until the parliament could again be lawfully assembled. This did not happen until May of 1945, and any efforts the Germans did to pass laws, regulations, etc., were entirely illegal and void. The rivalry between Quisling and Terboven was more involved than Nazi authorities wanting a more authoritarian regime - it had to do with Hitler's personal comfort level with these two individuals. --Leifern 17:34, 22 January 2006 (UTC)