Léon Degrelle
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.
The wreckage of the Heinkel 111 in which Degrelle escaped to Spain, May 1945
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References
- For Rex and Belgium: Leon Degrelle and Walloon Political & Military Collaboration 1940-1945. Eddy de Bruyne, Marc Rikmenspoel. Solihull, West Midlands, England: Helion, 2004.