- Bert Eriksson
Bert Eriksson (
June 30 1931 –October 2 2005 ) was a leading Belgianneo-Nazi and Flemish nationalist.Born in
Antwerp to a Finnish father and Flemish mother, Eriksson became a Nazi at an early age and joined theHitler Youth before the end of theSecond World War . A staunch anti-communist, he went in 1950 to fight in theKorean War .In 1968 he opened a cafe, 'Den Odal', in Antwerp which became a leading centre for
neo-Nazis after the War. He took command of theVlaamse Militanten Orde in the 1971 and after it was outlawed in 1984 became associaited with theFlemish Block , as well as the Odal Group, which presented itself as the successor to the VMO. He had come to attention in 1973 by going toAustria and digging up the remains of Belgian collaboratorCyriel Verschaeve , which he then reburied inAlveringem . He later claimed to have done the same with the remains ofStaf De Clercq andAnton Mussert .Eriksson had been at the heart of the formation of the Flemish Block, setting up a series of talks in 1978 between
right wing leaders that ultimately led to the formation of the party.He also went on to be associated with the Wehrwolf-Verbond, an anti-Semitic group based in Antwerp, and addressed their rally in 1996 ( [http://www.axt.org.uk/antisem/archive/archive1/belgium/belgium.htm] ).
He died in
Westdorpe ,Netherlands from lung disease, aged 73.External links
* [http://www.xs4all.nl/~afa/alert/engels/sl11b_2005.html Report of Eriksson's death from an anti-Nazi source]
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