Léon Degrelle
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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. During the German occupation
Degrelle during WWII
Degrelle giving a speech.
Degrelle during the Brigade parade in Charleroi following its return from Cherkassy, Soviet Union
Degrelle (r.) at the Eastern Front
Oberführer
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Oberführer was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party dating back to 1921. An Oberführer was typically an NSDAP member in charge of a group of paramilitary units in a particular geographical reg
Léon Degrelle
…north. On 2 May, he encountered Himmler near Lübeck and attempted to gain a guarantee of safety for his family from Himmler. He was instead promoted to Oberführer. Degrelle boarded a German naval vessel bound for occupied Norway where, on 7 May, the day of Norway's liberation, Josef Terboven, former Reichskommissar…
Emil Maurice as an Oberführer