Nazi Collaborators

The reasons why one-time Man of the Year Pierre Laval collaborated with the Nazi regime, sending Jewish people to the Nazi death camps.

Chaim Rumkowski served as the Nazi-nominated head of the Lodz Ghetto during World War II, but his role in the Final Solution divided historians.

Viktor Arajs forms a Latvian commando unit that hunts Jewish people and is responsible for the death of half of the Jewish population in Latvia.

Had he lived in another era, Leon Degrelle could have been a hero and a leader. However, the writer and journalist becomes a supporter of Hitler and ends up betraying his faith, his country and his people.

Croat Dinko Sakic ran an extermination camp in Axis-occupied Yugoslavia to aid Hitler's Nazi-ruled Germany.

Vidkun Quisling declared himself "Fuhrer" of occupied Norway, and believes that collaborating with the Nazis will lead him to the fulfillment of his dreams.

Examining how the IRA collaborated with the Nazis. While the IRA never shared fascist ideology, a number of members traded intelligence with Abwehr as they sought an end to British rule in Ireland.

Mohammad Amin Al-Husayni, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem during World War II, divides historians. Some say he is unfairly demonized, while others point to his ties with fascist Europe.

The 1935 Nuremberg Laws lay the groundwork for what will evolve into The Final Solution, which brings about the end of World War II.

Anton Mussert becomes one of the founders of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands and works with the Gestapo.

Staunch anti-Communist Ioannis Rallis, along with two predecessors, runs a Greek puppet government who are subordinate to their Nazi occupiers.

Respected mathematician Rolf Nevanlinna leads the Finnish SS against Stalin's Russia.

The Schutzmannschaft serve as the collaborationist auxiliary police forces of Nazi-occupied countries in Eastern Europe.