This was once the most notorious address in Norway, the home of Vidkun Quisling, the Norwegian collaborator and Nazi leader who presided over his conquered country during World War II. In Norway, Quisling and the word traitor are virtually the same. With historical irony, the government opened Villa Grande, once known as “Gimie,” to the public in 2006, turning it into a Holocaust exhibition. Exhibitions focus on the Nazi-led genocide of millions of Jews and the persecution of other minorities. The exhibition begins ominously as you enter and see a picture of the German ship SS Donau, shown on November 26, 1942, at a snowy wharf in Oslo. The villa lies on the peninsula of Bygdøy.
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