Léon Degrelle
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Léon Joseph Marie Degrelle (June 15, 1906 – April 1, 1994) was a founder of Belgian Rexism who joined the Waffen SS (becoming a leader of its Wallon contingent) and, after the war, became a prominent figure in the neo-fascist and Holocaust revisionist movements. He was sheltered by Francisco Franco's Spain from Belgium, which had convicted him of treason, and died in Málaga.
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Legacy
Degrelle has been given, by David Myatt, an advocater of National-Socialism and radical Islam as an example of "genuine National-Socialism", wherein "there was no hatred of other races" ([1] (http://myatt.port5.com/texts/why_national_socialism_is_not_racist.htm)), and cites him as having "had a great respect for Islam" ([2] (http://www.geocities.com/davidmyatt/notes2.html)). According to Myatt, Degrelle (along with Esoteric Hitlerists Savitri Devi and Miguel Serrano) described the essence of National-Socialism minus the "political compromises needed to achieve power" ([3] (http://myatt.port5.com/texts/islam_and_national-socialism.htm)).
Military record
Degrelle, Léon Joseph Marie
SS-Standartenführer d. R. der Waffen-SS
- 15.06.1906 in Bouillon, Belgium.
+ 31.03.1994 in San-Antonio-Park Hospital, Malaga, Spain.
NSDAP-Nr.: [Not a member]
SS-Nr.: [None – Walloon Waffen-SS volunteer]
Promotions:
12.02.1942 Gefreiter (Heer)
28.02.1942 Oberfeldwebel (Heer)
01.05.1942 Leutnant d. R. (Heer)
01.06.1943 SS-Obersturmführer d. R. der Waffen-SS
01.01.1944 SS-Hauptsturmführer d. R. der Waffen-SS
20.04.1944 SS-Sturmbannführer d. R. der Waffen-SS
01.01.1945 SS-Obersturmbannführer d. R. der Waffen-SS
20.01.1945 SS-Standartenführer d. R. der Waffen-SS
Note: Degrelle was promoted directly to SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS d. R. by Heinrich Himmler on 02.05.1945; an entry to this effect appears in his Soldbuch, however this promotion cannot be considered official as Himmler had been stripped of all SS and Party posts by Führer order on 28.04.1945.
Decorations & Awards:
27.08.1944 Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as SS-Sturmbannführer d. R. and Kdr. 5.SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Brigade “Wallonien” / Kampfgruppe Wagner / Armee-Abteilung Narwa / Heeresgruppe Nord, Northeastern Front
20.02.1944 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer d. R., and Führer SS-Sturmbrigade
“Wallonien” / 8.Armee / Heeresgruppe Süd, Eastern Front
09.10.1944 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold as SS-Sturmbannführer d. R. and Kdr. 5.SS-Freiwilligen-Sturmbrigade “Wallonien” / 5.SS-Panzer-Division “Wiking” / III.(germanische) SS-Panzer-Korps / Armee-Abteilung Grasser / Heeresgruppe Nord, Northeastern Front
21.05.1942 1939 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
13.03.1942 1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
14.09.1944 Nahkampfspange III.Stufe (Gold)
19.03.1944 Nahkampfspange II.Stufe (Silber)
30.11.1943 Nahkampfspange I.Stufe (Bronze) (other documents indicate 23.12.1943 and 20 .02. 1944)
25.08.1942 Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber
19.03.1944 Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Gold
20.02.1944 Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Silber (another document indicates 23.12.1943)
15.08.1942 Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42” (Ostmedaille)
(Mike Miller, Axis Biographical Research, http://www.geocities.com/~orion47, 10. VI. 2005)
Works in English
- Epic: The Story of the Waffen S.S. (http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v03/v03p441_Degrelle.html) ISBN 0939484129 and ISBN 087700465X
- Campaign in Russia: The Waffen SS on the Eastern Front ISBN 0939484188 and ISBN 0317385100
- Hitler: Born at Versailles ISBN 0939484250 (review (http://www.wintersonnenwende.com/scriptorium/english/pages/e9904hitl.html))
References
- Collaboration in Belgium: Leon Degrelle and the Rexist Movement, 1940-1944 by Martin Conway (1993, ISBN 0300055005)
- Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890 edited by Philip Rees (1991, ISBN 0130893013)
- Fascism edited by Roger Griffin (ISBN 0192892495)
- Wallonien: The History of the 5th SS-Sturmbrigade and 28th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division by Richard Landwehr, Ray Merriam, and Jean-Louis Roba (ISBN 1576380882 and ISBN 1576380890, excerpt from the introduction (http://www.merriam-press.com/mono_200/m162-ex.htm))
External links
- Disclaimer - most of these links are pro-Degrelle and pro-National Socialism
Writings by Degrelle
- The Enigma of Hitler (http://www.motstand.org/hitler.html) (without photos) (http://www.stormfront.org/posterity/ns/enigma.html)
- Epic: The Story of the Waffen SS (http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v03/v03p441_Degrelle.html), speech presented at the Fourth Institute for Historical Review Conference
- How Hitler Consolidated Power in Germany and Launched A Social Revolution: The First Years of the Third Reich (http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v12/v12p299_Degrelle.html)
- Hitler's Social Revolution (http://www4.stormfront.org/posterity/ns/social.html)
About Degrelle
- Leon Degrelle - A Good European (http://www.geocities.com/integral_tradition/degrelle.html) by Constantin von Hoffmeister
- Leon Degrelle: Born Bouillon 1906- Died Malaga 1994 (http://www.wwiirelics.com/degrelle.htm)
- A Challenge to Thought Control: The Historiography of Leon Degrelle (http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v06/v06p221_Chapman.html) by Robert J. Chapman
- Leon Degrelle~ Warrior for the West (http://www.barnesreview.org/degrelle1.htm) by W.A. Carto
- NameBase search (http://www.namebase.org/main3/Leon-Degrelle.html)fr:Léon Degrelle
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