Frieda Van Themsche

Frieda Leontine Mauritia Van Themsche is a member of the Belgian parliament for the far right Vlaams Belang party. She was born April 26, 1955, in Ukkel. She lives in Harelbeke.

During World War II, her father voluntarily fought on the side of his country's occupier Nazi Germany in "Waffen SS" (Military "SS") uniform against the Soviets on the Eastern Front. [nl icon [http://www.friedavanthemsche.be/biografie.php Frieda Van Themsche's personal website - Biografie] ] [ [http://axis101.bizland.com/FlemishFeldpost.htm WW2 Axis & Foreign Volunteer Legion awards & postal history - Flemish Feldpost] (its link underneath to Front Page gives access to its Bibliography)] [ [http://www.ejpress.org/article/8246 Jewish group asks Belgium to investigate party links to killings in Antwerp] European Jewish Press May 15, 2006] Her brother, Hans van Themsche's father, was a founding member of the Vlaams Blok. [ [http://www.ejpress.org/article/8246 Jewish group asks Belgium...] (identical to the assumed above link by this name)] [ [http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1193952,00.html Skinhead Rampage Highlights Belgium's Race Anxiety Time Magazine] May 26 2006] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4765855.stm Far-right ties in Belgian murders BBC May 12 2006] ]

On May 23, 2005, she proposed to forbid the use of trucks on public roads on Sundays and public holidays. [nl icon fr icon [http://www.dekamer.be/FLWB/pdf/51/1801/51K1801001.pdf Law proposal to introduce ban on driving trucks on Sundays and public holidays] ]

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(in Dutch)
* [http://www.friedavanthemsche.be/ Frieda Van Themsche] Personal page
* [http://www.vlaamsbelangkamerfractie.be/fractie.asp?id=17 Vlaams Belang Kamerfractie]
* [http://www.stemtest.com/vlaamsblok_frieda-van-themsche_effectieven_22.aspx Stem Test (vlaams parlement) - Vlaams Blok - Frieda Van Themsche - West-Vlaanderen]