ABSTRACT
Collaboration began at the most basic administrative level; a nameless bureaucracy prepared registration lists of all Jewish members of the population without which the round-ups would certainly have been difficult. One authority on collaboration in Nazi-occupied Europe suggests the following typology: neutral collaboration, as was to be found in Holland and Belgium; unconditional collaboration, as was the case of Quisling in Norway; and tactical collaboration, as was to be seen in Denmark. Various kinds of Fascist-cum-national socialist organizations had existed in Holland well before Adolf Hitler's takeover of power in Germany in January 1933. The main emphases of the National Socialist Movement were religious adherence, ardent patriotism and industriousness. Mussert was all for friendly relations with Germany, but was firmly opposed to Holland becoming part of the German state. National Socialism which appeared to be solving Germany's economic difficulties seemed to many too be the panacea they were looking for.
