Léon Degrelle
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Léon Degrelle was a Belgian fascist politician and Waffen-SS officer who led the Rexist movement and became one of the most prominent Nazi collaborators from Belgium during World War II.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Belgian politician
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Nazi collaborator ⓘ Waffen-SS officer ⓘ far-right extremist ⓘ fascist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cardiac arrest ⓘ |
| commanded | Walloon Legion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Belgium ⓘ |
| countryOfExile | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criminalCharge | treason (in Belgium, in absentia) ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1906-06-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1994-03-31 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Université catholique de Louvain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Degrelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | law ⓘ |
| fledTo | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | Rexist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Léon Joseph Marie Ignace Degrelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Léon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideologicallyAlignedWith | Adolf Hitler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideologyAfterWar | unrepentant Nazism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collaboration with Nazi Germany during the German occupation of Belgium
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propaganda activities for Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
French
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Walloon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Rexist Party
NERFINISHED
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Waffen-SS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Waffen-SS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | SS-Standartenführer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | leadership of the Rexist movement in Belgium ⓘ |
| occupation |
politician
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propagandist ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Eastern Front of World War II
NERFINISHED
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World War II ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bouillon, Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Málaga, Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology |
authoritarianism
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clerical fascism ⓘ fascism ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
leader of the Rexist movement
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member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Málaga, Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sentencedTo | death (in absentia, post-World War II) ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Francisco Franco's regime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| viewedAs | one of the most prominent Belgian Nazi collaborators ⓘ |
| wrote |
“Hitler pour 1000 ans”
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“La Cohue de 1940” NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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