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
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
propaganda activities for Nazi Germany
languageSpoken French
Walloon NERFINISHED
memberOf Rexist Party NERFINISHED
Waffen-SS NERFINISHED
militaryBranch Waffen-SS NERFINISHED
militaryRank SS-Standartenführer NERFINISHED
notableFor leadership of the Rexist movement in Belgium
occupation politician
propagandist
soldier
participatedIn Eastern Front of World War II NERFINISHED
World War II
placeOfBirth Bouillon, Belgium NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Málaga, Spain NERFINISHED
politicalIdeology authoritarianism
clerical fascism
fascism
positionHeld leader of the Rexist movement
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”
“La Cohue de 1940” NERFINISHED

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Martin Conway (historian) hasWrittenOn Léon Degrelle