Léon 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.

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), and cites him as having "had a great respect for Islam" (2). 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).

Works in English

• Epic: The Story of the Waffen S.S. 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)

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

External links

Disclaimer - most of these links are pro-Degrelle and pro-National Socialism

• • Writings by Degrelle
• The Enigma of Hitler (without photos)
• Epic: The Story of the Waffen SS, 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
• Hitler's Social Revolution

• • About Degrelle
• Leon Degrelle - A Good European by Constantin von Hoffmeister
• Leon Degrelle: Born Bouillon 1906- Died Malaga 1994
• A Challenge to Thought Control: The Historiography of Leon Degrelle by Robert J. Chapman
• Leon Degrelle~ Warrior for the West by W.A. Carto
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