Vlaams Nationaal Verbond
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The Vlaams Nationaal Verbond was a Flemish nationalist and authoritarian political party in Belgium that became known for its collaboration with Nazi Germany during World War II.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Flemish nationalist organization
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political party ⓘ |
| abbreviation | VNV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| activeIn | Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bannedAfter | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Nazi occupation authorities in Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1945 ⓘ |
| ethnicFocus | Flemish people ⓘ |
| founded | 1933 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Staf De Clercq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Vlaams Nationaal Verbond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal |
creation of a Greater Netherlands (Dietsland)
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greater autonomy for Flanders ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | part of European fascist and collaborationist movements ⓘ |
| ideology |
Flemish nationalism
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authoritarianism ⓘ clerical fascism ⓘ far-right politics ⓘ |
| knownFor | collaboration with Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Dutch ⓘ |
| leader |
Hendrik Elias
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Staf De Clercq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalStatusAfterWar | outlawed as a collaborationist organization ⓘ |
| membersProsecutedFor | wartime collaboration ⓘ |
| operatedDuring |
World War II
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interwar period ⓘ |
| operatedUnder | German military occupation of Belgium ⓘ |
| opposed |
Belgian francophone dominance
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Belgian unitary state ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Belgian resistance ⓘ |
| paramilitaryWing | Dietsche Militie – Zwarte Brigade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | far-right ⓘ |
| politicalSystemAdvocated | authoritarian corporatist state ⓘ |
| region | Flemish Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rejected |
Marxism
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liberal democracy ⓘ |
| religiousOrientation | Catholic ⓘ |
| succeededBy | postwar Flemish nationalist currents (ideological influence) ⓘ |
| supported |
Germanization policies in occupied Belgium
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recruitment for the Waffen-SS among Flemish volunteers ⓘ |
| supportedBy | some segments of the Flemish Catholic middle class ⓘ |
| typeOfCollaboration |
ideological collaboration
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political collaboration ⓘ |
| usedSymbol | Celtic cross-like emblem ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
German occupation of Belgium during World War II
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