| LC control no. | no2013119387 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hermans, Ward, 1897-1992 |
| Variant(s) | Hermans, Cornelius Eduardus, 1897-1992 |
| Birth date | 18970206 |
| Death date | 19921123 |
| Place of birth | Turnhout (Belgium) |
| Place of death | Deurne (Antwerp, Belgium) |
| Field of activity | Politics Legislation Flemish movement Nazi propaganda Radio broadcasting |
| Affiliation | Belgium. Parlement Frontpartij Verdinaso Vlaams Nationaal Verbond Algemeene-SS Vlaanderen Radio Bremen Vlaamse Militanten Orde |
| Profession or occupation | Politicians Legislators Nationalists--Belgium Right-wing extremists--Belgium |
| Found in | Maatschappelijke en moreele conflicten, 1927: t.p. (Ward Hermans) DBNL, viewed Oct. 28, 2013 (Cornelius Eduardus Hermans, known as Ward; b. 1897 in Turnhout, d. 1992) <http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=herm015> Biographical dictionary of the extreme right since 1890, 1990: p. 179 (Ward Hermans; b. Feb. 6, 1897; prominent member of Vlaams Nationaal Verbond but left in Oct. 1940 to create the more radical Algemeene-SS Vlaanderen; journalist, reporter, and broadcaster on Bremen Radio for the Volkspolitisches Amt in Berlin from 1941-45; sentenced to death in absentia on May 26, 1946, by the second chamber of the War Council in Mechelen; the sentence was later commuted, and he was released in 1955) Wikipedia, viewed Oct. 28, 2013 (Ward Hermans, Cornelius Eduardus Hermans; b. Feb. 6, 1897, in Turnhout, d. Nov. 23, 1992, in Deurne; Belgian Flemish nationalist politician, periodical editor, and writer; member of the Belgian parliament from 1929-32 and1939-44; member of the nationalist Frontpartij to 1933, Verdinaso party from 1933-34, and Vlaams Nationaal Verbond from 1934; co-founded the Algemeene-SS Vlaanderen, the Flemish SS, in 1940; writer and editor for pro-Nazi journals; during later years of WWII, broadcast propaganda over the radio in Bremen; known for his pro-Nazi sympathies and collaboration after the invasion; sentenced to death in absentia after WWII but released in 1955; member of the Vlaamse Militanten Orde during the 1970s) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Hermans> |
| Associated language | dut |
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