Carl Dietrich Hildisch (22 April 1867 – 16 September 1949) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for

Nasjonal Samling Nasjonal Samling (, NS; ) was a Norwegian far-right political party active from 1933 to 1945. It was the only legal party of Norway from 1942 to 1945. It was founded by former minister of defence Vidkun Quisling and a group of supporters such a ...

Biography

He was born in Norway to German parents. He co-founded of the company De-No-Fa in 1912, and was elected to the first board of directors. He joined the Fascist party

in 1933, but was not an active member until the

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from 1940. In May 1940, he acted as an informer for the

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about local businesspeople. Later in 1940, Hildisch was installed by

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as manager of De-No-Fa. In February 1943 he was installed as president of the

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, as the pre-war leadership was ousted. On 1 May 1943 he was declared vice president of the new organisation Norges Næringssamband. He was a close supporter of the president there,

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. The German occupation ended on 8 May 1945, and Hildisch lost all his positions. He escaped conviction during the

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because of his high age (78 at the war's end). He died in 1949.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hildisch, Carl Dietrich 1867 births 1949 deaths Norwegian people of German descent Norwegian company founders Members of Nasjonal Samling