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René Lagrou (1904–1969) was a Flemish-Belgian politician and collaborator with Nazi Germany. Originating in West Flanders, Lagrou worked as a lawyer in Antwerp.〔Dan Mikhman, ''Belgium and the Holocaust: Jews, Belgians, Germans'', Berghahn Books, 1998, p. 176〕 Lagrou had first came to prominence as a member of the Flemish National Union.〔David Littlejohn, ''The Patriotic Traitors'', London: Heinemann, 1972, p. 155〕 He published his own journal ''Roeland'', which became increasingly anti-Semitic following Adolf Hitler's rise to power.〔Mikhman, ''Belgium and the Holocaust'', p. 172〕 Following the German occupation of Belgium in World War II Lagrou, along with Ward Hermans, was the founder of the ''Algemeene-SS Vlaanderen'' (from 1942 the ''Germaansche SS in Vlaanderen''), the Flemish SS.〔 Lagrou saw action with the Waffen SS on the Eastern Front and some initial reports erroneously suggested that he had died in battle.〔 However Lagrou had survived and he was captured by the Allies in France but managed to escape to Spain.〔Uki Goñi, ''The Real ODESSA'', London: Granta Books, 2003, p. 112〕 In May 1946 his was one of three names on a 'black list' sent by the government of Belgium to Spain where he was in hiding, along with Léon Degrelle and Pierre Daye.〔Goñi, ''The Real ODESSA'', p. 89〕 Soon after he was condemned to death ''in absentia'' by the war crimes tribunal in Antwerp.〔 With the possibility of extradition from Spain looming Lagrou arrived in Argentina in July 1947 and adopted the false name Reinaldo van Groede.〔 Here he became a leading figure in the ratlines sponsored by Juan Perón to rescue Nazis from prosecution in Europe.〔Goñi, ''The Real ODESSA'', p. 113〕 Given wide powers within the Immigration service in Argentina, Lagrou drew up ambitious plans to move as many as 2 million people from Belgium, all either Nazi collaborators or their families.〔 He was also a member of the Rodolfo Freude-led División de Informaciones and in this capacity initiated the cases for resettlement for a number of Nazis.〔Goñi, ''The Real ODESSA'', p. 175〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「René Lagrou」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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