Letter to the Pope on his Visit to Auschwitz
Bibliographic information about this document: Léon Degrelle Letter to the Pope on his Visit to Auschwit In exile 20th May, 1979.
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By Léon Degrelle ∙ April 24, 1979
Léon Joseph Marie Ignace Degrelle (born June 15, 1906, Bouillon, Belgium; died: March 31, 1994, Spain) was a Belgian Walloon politician wo cooperated with the German occupational forces during WWII. He enlisted in the German army and fought in the Walloon Legion on the Eastern Front.
Bibliographic information about this document: Léon Degrelle Letter to the Pope on his Visit to Auschwit In exile 20th May, 1979.
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