Degrelle, Léon, 1906-1994

LC control no.	n 79034917
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Degrelle, Léon, 1906-1994 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	Belgium
Birth date	19060615
Death date	19940331
Place of death	Málaga (Spain)
Field of activity	Journalism Political science
Affiliation	Waffen-SS
Profession or occupation	Journalists Politicians
Found in	Daye, P. Léon Degrelle et le rexisme ... c1937. In memorium, 1995: t.p. (Léon Degrelle) p. 13 (died Mar. 31, 1994) His The Eastern Front, 2014: ECIP title page (Leon Degrelle) data view, etc. (born 06/15/1906; Leon Degrelle was a Walloon Belgian politician, who founded Rexism and later joined the Waffen SS; he wrote the French-language edition of The Eastern Front [Front de l'est] in 1969; legendary combat hero of the Second World War, charismatic political leader and prolific author, Degrelle was born on June 15, 1906, into a well-to-do family of French origin in the town of Bouillon in the Belgian Ardennes; after the study of law, philosophy and literature at the University of Louvain, this gifted publicist and energetic public speaker turned to journalism and politics; at the end of the war Degrelle escaped death by making a daring 1500-mile flight in a small plane from Norway across Europe to Spain, crash landing near the beach at San Sebastian; critically wounded, he survived to build a new and successful life; authorities in Belgium sentenced him to death and imprisoned his wife, parents and other relatives; during nearly half-a-century in exile in Spain, which granted him refuge, he wrote more than a dozen books; Leon Degrelle died on March 31, 1994, in Malaga, Spain, at the age of 87)