ABSTRACT
This chapter extends the discussion of cases of treason in World War II. It examines the context in which the different traitors operated, the options they had, and the choices they made. Draza Mihailovic, Ion Antonescu, Andrey Andreyevich Vlasov, von Stauffenberg, Pu-Yi, Ozaki Hotsumi, King Farouk, the Chetniks, the Iron Guard, and the White Rose were defined by contemporaries as traitors because they were perceived to have crossed the boundaries of trust and loyalty. Thus, structurally, the characterization of traitor fits because in these cases a violation of trust and loyalty existed. From a moralistic point of view, one must consider the question of trust and loyalty to whom? In the case of Japanese Americans, the question can be reversed; that is, many of them felt that their country betrayed their trust and loyalty. As the moral boundaries of Germany shifted, the very meaning of trust and loyalty changed radically.
