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Staf De Clercq
Born	(1884-09-16)16 September 1884 Everbeek,East Flanders,Belgium
Died	22 October 1942(1942-10-22) (aged 58) Ghent, Belgium
Occupation	politician

Staf De Clercq (16 September 1884 – 22 October 1942) was a Flemish nationalistcollaborator, co-founder and leader of theFlemish nationalistVlaamsch Nationaal Verbond (Flemish National League, or VNV).

He was born asJeroom Gustaaf De Clercq inEverbeek,East Flanders on 16 September 1884. He was a member of the moderateFrontpartij, became party leader in 1932, and moved them to the right, converting them into VNV the following year.^[1] In 1936 his new party gained 13.6% of the votes inFlanders, and 14.7% in 1939.

Welcoming of theNazi German occupation, De Clercq believed it to constitute a chance for the creation of aDiets state, an unprecedented (apart from the medievalBurgundian personal union) Dutch language-based community uniting Flanders, theNetherlands and even the part of northern France with Flemish dialects (corresponding toFrench Flanders). His organization supported the German occupiers in the identification and round-up ofJews for deportation.

He died inGhent and was succeeded byHendrik Elias. In 1978 theVlaamse Militanten Orde had his body transferred to the cemetery inAsse. He remains revered among some far-right Flemish nationalists in modern Belgium.^[2]

• Belgian Fascism byR. H. Chertok (Washington University in St. Louis thesis, 1975)
• Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890 edited byPhilip Rees (1991,ISBN 0-13-089301-3)

• A Short History of Flanders and the Flemish Movement from theVlaams Blok site.
• Newspaper clippings about Staf De Clercq in the20th Century Press Archives of theZBW

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• People from Brakel, Belgium
• Flemish National Union politicians
• Members of the Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)
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• Holocaust perpetrators in Belgium

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