Reimond Tollenaere

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Reimond Tollenaere (Oostakker June 29, 1909 – Kopcy, near Leningrad January 22, 1942) was an SS-Untersturmführer and member of the Nazi Party. Tollenaere became active in the Flemish nationalist movement during his law studies at the university of Ghent. He became propaganda leader of the Flemish nationalist party Vlaams Nationaal Verbond and in 1936 he became a member of parliament. At the beginning of World War II in May 1940 he was arrested by the Belgian authorities and spent some time in prison in France. After his liberation he resumed his political activities. He became active in the recruitment of Flemish volunteers after the beginning of the German invasion in the Soviet Union. He died as a result of friendly fire on the Leningrad front in January 1942.

[edit] References

• Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890 edited by Philip Rees, 1991, ISBN 0-13-089301-3

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• Flemish Nationalist Political Parties
• Image of The Tollenaere Honor badge