When the German Nazis conquered Norway in the early days of World Warr II, they found a Norwegian, named Vidkun Quisling, willing to head a puppet government for their occupation forces. The man's surname became used to denote any collaborator with the hated Nazis.
The Norwegians so reviled the very name, Quisling, that it has lived in infamy to this day. Family members changed their names as a result, and it is believed that no one in Norway bears that surname to this date.
It is my belief that there will be a similar phenomenon, with the surname Trump, in the United States, for a similar reason.
Name living in infamy or forever forgotten? No matter,point well made !
ReplyDeleteI haven't forgotten so, I guess, it's still living in infamy.
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