What is Léon Degrelle?
[[File:Léon Degrelle.jpg|thumb|Léon Degrelle (1943)]] '''Léon Joseph Marie Ignace Degrelle''' ({{IPA-fr|dəgʁɛl|lang}}; 15 June 1906 – 31 March 1994) was a Belgian politician and [[collaborator]]. He was born in [[Bouillon]], [[Belgium]] and died in [[Malaga]], [[Spain]]. Degrelle was the founder of the [[fascist]] party of [[Rex]] in 1936. During [[World War II]] he erected the [[Walloon Legion]], which fought as a [[Waffen-SS]] unit at the [[Eastern Front]]. He ultimately had the rank of [[SS-Standartenführer]] der Waffen-SS (comparable with the rank of colonel). After the war he managed to escape to Spain, where he died in 1994, aged 87. == References == * ''For Rex and Belgium: Leon Degrelle and Walloon Political & Military Collaboration 1940-1945''. [[Eddy de Bruyne]], [[Marc Rikmenspoel]]. Solihull, West Midlands, England: Helion, 2004. {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Degrelle, Leon}} [[Category:1906 births]] [[Category:1994 deaths]] [[Category:Belgian people of World War II]] [[Category:Belgian politicians]] [[Category:Colonels]] [[Category:European military people]] [[Category:People from Luxembourg (Belgium)]] [[Category:SS officers]] [[Category:Waffen-SS people]]