Quisling and Terboven Inspect Hirden
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| Quisling and Terboven are seen inspecting a detachment of Hirden, the ideological and paramilitary organization of Quisling's Nasjonal Samling. (“Hirden,” from old Norse, referred to a bodyguard in service to Norwegian and Danish kings and lords.) The Hirden were equivalent to Hitler's Sturmabteilung, or SA. Membership in the Hirden was mandatory for all NS members in the course of the war. Estimates of their numbers range from 8,500 to 20,000.
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