Léon Degrelle

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Léon Degrelle (1943)

Léon Joseph Marie Ignace Degrelle (French: [dəgʁɛl]; 15 June 1906 – 31 March 1994) was a Belgian politician and collaborator. He was born in Bouillon, Belgium and died in Malaga, Spain.

Degrelle was the founder of the fascist party of Rex in 1936.

During World War II he erected the Walloon Legion, which fought as a Waffen-SS unit at the Eastern Front. He ultimately had the rank of SS-Standartenführer der Waffen-SS (comparable with the rank of colonel).

After the war he managed to escape to Spain, where he died in 1994, aged 87.

Léon Degrelle Media

Propaganda poster of the SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Wallonia, featuring Degrelle's likeness.
Aterrizaje en la playa de la Concha del bombardero modelo Heinkel 111, que venía directamente desde Noruega de Léon Degrelle, piloto belga y cabeza del partido nazi en Bélgica en la Segunda... (5 de 5) - Fondo Car-Kutxa Fototeka.jpg

The wreckage of the Heinkel 111 in which Degrelle escaped to Spain, May 1945

For Rex and Belgium: Leon Degrelle and Walloon Political & Military Collaboration 1940-1945. Eddy de Bruyne, Marc Rikmenspoel. Solihull, West Midlands, England: Helion, 2004.