Albert Luykx

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Albert Luykx was a Belgian-Irish businessman and former Nazi. Born in the Vlaams Gewest region in Belgium, Luykx joined the 6th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade Langemarck Brigade of the Waffen-SS. He was captured and inprisoned by the Belgian Authorities. He escaped in 1948 and fled to the Republic of Ireland using a Dutch passport in the name of Franciscus Josef Faes. He was granted political asylum in Ireland by the then Minister for Justice Gerald Boland. He ran numerous restaurants and bars in Ireland. He became friendly with figures such as Charles Haughey. In 1971 he was asked by Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney to acquire arms with the intention of arming the Irish Republican Army. Luykx was subsequently tried in the resulting Arms Crisis. He was acquitted.