AI generated podcast based on my article on Leon Degrelle, the Belgian Rexist leader who became a Nazi collaborator and soldier of the Waffen-SS during the Second World War.
Source material:
Adeyinka Makinde (2019).
“Leon Degrelle: Poster Boy for Neo-Nazism and White Nationalism”.
https://www.academia.edu/38772789/Leon_Degrelle_Poster_Boy_for_Neo_Nazism_and_White_Nationalism
AI source guide:
Written by Adeyinka Makinde, this source details the life and enduring legacy of Leon Degrelle, the founder of the Belgian Rexist leader, who has become an iconic figure for contemporary neo-Nazism and White Nationalism. It traces his political journey from developing the far-right Rexist ideology and his initial electoral success in Belgium to his later ignominious status as a Nazi collaborator and war criminal. The text highlights Degrelle’s audacious decision to join the German war effort on the Eastern Front, where his extraordinary physical courage and resourcefulness earned him high commendations from Hitler and a powerful, though revised, reputation compared to other revered right-wing figures. Ultimately, the source reveals how Degrelle, who lived out his remaining decades in Francoist Spain, remained defiantly committed to Nazism until his death, making him a potent and controversial source of inspiration for modern white identitarians seeking to build “a European world which would be the master of the universe for all time.”
© Adeyinka Makinde (2025).
Adeyinka Makinde is a writer based in London, England.
No comments:
Post a Comment