Léon Degrelle

Belgian journalist, politician, SS soldier, fugitive (1906-1994)

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Lived 1906–1994, aged 88

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1906–1994
Aged 88

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Updated 2026-05-29

Belgian fascist who led the Rexist Party in the 1930s, then fought for Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front. Escaped to Franco's Spain after WWII and spent decades there pushing neo-Nazi politics from exile.

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Léon Joseph Marie Ignace Degrelle was a Belgian Walloon politician and Nazi collaborator. He rose to prominence in Belgium in the 1930s as the leader of the Rexist Party (Rex). During the German occupation of Belgium during World War II, he enlisted in the German army and fought in the Walloon Legion on the Eastern Front. After the collapse of the Nazi regime, Degrelle escaped and went into exile in Francoist Spain, where he remained a prominent figure in neo-Nazi politics.

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