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Cyriel Verschaeve
1874Apr, 30

Cyriel Verschaeve

Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish priest and author (d. 1949)
Cyriel Verschaeve (30 April 1874 – 8 November 1949) was a Flemish nationalist priest and writer who collaborated with the Nazis during the Second World War. He was recognised as the spiritual leader of Flemish nationalism by the ideology's adherents and a Nazi propagandist.

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