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'''Robert Jan Verbelen''' (April 5, 1911, [[Herent]], [[Belgium]] – |
'''Robert Jan Verbelen''' (April 5, 1911, [[Herent]], [[Belgium]] – August 28, 1990, [[Vienna]], [[Austria]) was a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]] [[Collaborationism|collaborator]]. After the liberation of [[Belgium]] in the [[World War II|Second World War]], Verbelen fled through [[Germany]] to [[Austria]], where for eight years he worked for the [[Counter Intelligence Corps]] of the [[United States Army|US Army]], while he already was convicted as [[war criminal]] in Belgium. He obtained Austrian [[citizenship]] in 1959. He was charged with five murders in a 1965 [[war crime]] trial in Austria, but was acquitted of war crimes. |
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During the last years of the War, Verbelen was head of the ''[[De Vlag]] Veiligheidscorps'', a Nazi SS security force in Belgium. In that function he assassinated [[Alexandre Galopin]], director of the [[Société Générale de Belgique]], and tried to murder [[Albert Devèze]], [[Minister of State]], [[Charles Collard-de Sloovere]], [[Attorney General]], and [[Robert de Foy]], former [[Belgian State Security Service|State Security]] director. He was sentenced to the death penalty by a Belgian court in 1947, who found him responsible for the deaths of 101 Belgian resistance fighters. |
During the last years of the War, Verbelen was head of the ''[[De Vlag]] Veiligheidscorps'', a Nazi SS security force in Belgium. In that function he assassinated [[Alexandre Galopin]], director of the [[Société Générale de Belgique]], and tried to murder [[Albert Devèze]], [[Minister of State]], [[Charles Collard-de Sloovere]], [[Attorney General]], and [[Robert de Foy]], former [[Belgian State Security Service|State Security]] director. He was sentenced to the death penalty by a Belgian court in 1947, who found him responsible for the deaths of 101 Belgian resistance fighters. |
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Revision as of 08:29, 15 July 2014
Robert Jan Verbelen (April 5, 1911, Herent, Belgium – August 28, 1990, Vienna, [[Austria]) was a Belgian Nazi collaborator. After the liberation of Belgium in the Second World War, Verbelen fled through Germany to Austria, where for eight years he worked for the Counter Intelligence Corps of the US Army, while he already was convicted as war criminal in Belgium. He obtained Austrian citizenship in 1959. He was charged with five murders in a 1965 war crime trial in Austria, but was acquitted of war crimes.
During the last years of the War, Verbelen was head of the De Vlag Veiligheidscorps, a Nazi SS security force in Belgium. In that function he assassinated Alexandre Galopin, director of the Société Générale de Belgique, and tried to murder Albert Devèze, Minister of State, Charles Collard-de Sloovere, Attorney General, and Robert de Foy, former State Security director. He was sentenced to the death penalty by a Belgian court in 1947, who found him responsible for the deaths of 101 Belgian resistance fighters.
Literature
- Gerald Steinacher, Nazis auf der Flucht. Wie Kriegsverbrecher über Italien nach Übersee entkamen. Studienverlag Wien-Innsbruck-München 2008 ISBN 978-3-7065-4026-1
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