About Victor Matthys
Lived 1914 – 1947 (aged 33). Victor Matthys was a Belgian politician.
Victor Matthys (20 March 1914 – 10 November 1947) was a Belgian politician who served as both deputy and acting leader of the Rexist Party. He was later executed for collaboration with Nazi Germany.
An early member of the Rexist movement, Matthys took over the editorship of the party newspaper, Le Pays Réel, in 1936 and in May 1941 was promoted to director of propaganda. He became official leader of Rex that same July after Léon Degrelle left to serve in the Waffen SS. He was nominated for the position as he was a weak character who posed no real threat to Degrelle's position as leader. Matthys was also popular with the Germans as he had a long-standing admiration for Adolf Hitler.
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Who was Victor Matthys?
Belgian politician (1914–1947)
When was Victor Matthys born?
Victor Matthys was born on 20 February 1914 in Anderlecht.
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Victor Matthys died on 10 November 1947.
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Victor Matthys was a politician.
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Victor Matthys was Belgian.
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