On February 13, 1942, Hitler received Quisling in the Reich Chancellery in Berlin. Quisling, one week away from being installed as Norway’s minister president, is shown in the company of civilian Reichskommissar for Norway Josef Terboven (to his rear), who was the real power in Norway. Mostly ignoring Quisling's collaborationist government, Terboven established a regime of terror in Norway, personally commanding a force of roughly 6,000 goons, of whom 800 were part of the secret police. Terboven’s men operated outside the 400,000 regular German armed forces stationed in Norway. On May 8, 1945, the day of Germany’s capitulation, Terboven and the commander of the Norwegian SS committed suicide, Terboven by blowing himself up in a bunker at his official residence.
