Bunker 84 leon degrelle biography

1. Biography of Leon Degrelle
2. Early Years
3. Founding the Rex Movement
4. Political Defeat and World War II
5. Exile and later years

Biography of Leon Degrelle

Leon Degrelle was a Belgian politician, leader of the Belgian Nazis, and one of the commanders of the SS troops.

Bunker 84 leon degrelle biography

He held the rank of Obersturmbannführer SS (1945). He was born on June 15, 1906, in Bouillon, into a family of Jesuit priest.

Early Years

In the 1920s, Degrelle was influenced by the French nationalist Charles Maurras and became a member of the reactionary organization "Action Française." He believed that law, order, and responsibility rested on one common principle - monarchy.

Adhering to the theory of racial purity, he attacked Jews, whom he believed "never wanted to be loyal citizens of any country."

Founding the Rex Movement

In 1930, while leading a small publishing firm in Leuven, Degrelle founded the fascist