Vlaams Nationaal Verbond
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Flemish National Union
Vlaams Nationaal Verbond |
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| Leader |
Staf de Clerq (1933–1942) Hendrik Elias (1942–1944) |
| Founded | 1933 |
| Dissolved | 1944 |
| Preceded by | Frontpartij |
| Headquarters | Brussels, Belgium |
| Newspaper | Volk en Staat |
| Ideology |
Flemish nationalism Greater Netherlands Authoritarianism Populism |
| Political position | Far-Right |
| French-speaking counterpart | Rexist Party |
| Colours | Orange, White, Blue |
| Slogan | Authority, discipline, and Dietsland |
The Vlaams Nationaal Verbond (VNV; Dutch for "Flemish National Union" or "Flemish National League") was a nationalist Flemish political party in Belgium, active between 1933 and 1944. It was founded by Staf de Clercq who became known as den Leider ("the Leader"). The party strove for an authoritarian rule and included some fascist elements, but was not a genuinely fascist organisation per se. Its aim was to separate Flanders from Belgium and to unite it with the Netherlands to form a Greater Netherlands which they termed Dietsland ("Dutch land"). It collaborated with Nazi German occupation authorities during World War II. VNV activists willingly contributed to the persecution of Jews and the Holocaust in Belgium.
The party was founded on October 8, 1933. It initially grew out of the long-established Frontpartij, a moderate exponent of the Flemish Movement that de Clerq had taken control of and moved to the right in 1932. The VNV, as the Frontpartij became known the following year, was tied to the idea of uniting the many Flemish parties in post-1920s Belgium into a single movement, an objective finally attained with the party's creation, and it moved on to advocate the creation of a pan-Dutch state, called Dietsland, to include both Flanders and the Netherlands. It opposed both communism and liberalism. Its slogan was: Authority, discipline and Dietsland.
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