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René Lagrou

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to rescue Nazis from prosecution in Europe. 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
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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
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and some initial reports erroneously suggested that he had died in battle. However Lagrou survived and was captured by the
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in July 1947 and adopted the false name Reinaldo van Groede. Here he became a leading figure in the
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and in this capacity initiated the cases for resettlement for a number of Nazis.
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List of last surviving people suspected of participation in Nazi war crimes
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Lagrou died from cancer in Barcelona, Spain on 1 April 1969.
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He published his own journal 1229:Belgian emigrants to Argentina 1224:20th-century Belgian criminals 391: 362: 328: 305:, Berghahn Books, 1998, p. 176 295: 253:by the war crimes tribunal in 177:German occupation, and capture 1: 288: 234:In exile, ratlines, and death 1254:Belgian expatriates in Spain 1054:Operation Osoaviakhim (USSR) 501:German-Flemish Working Group 201:Germaansche SS in Vlaanderen 183:German occupation of Belgium 165:, which became increasingly 7: 1284:Deaths from cancer in Spain 1279:Belgian Waffen-SS personnel 210:Lagrou saw action with the 101:Politician, founder of the 83:Lawyer, immigration officer 10: 1305: 257:. 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Index

Blankenberge
Barcelona
División de Informaciones
Algemeene-SS Vlaanderen
Flemish National Union
Belgian
collaborator
Nazi Germany
Blankenberge
West Flanders
Antwerp
Flemish National Union
anti-Semitic
Adolf Hitler
German occupation of Belgium
World War II
Ward Hermans
Algemeene-SS Vlaanderen
SS
Waffen SS
Eastern Front
Allies
France
Francoist Spain
Léon Degrelle
Pierre Daye
condemned to death in absentia
Antwerp
extradition
Argentina

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