José Streel

Lucien Alphonse Joseph Streel (commonly known as José Streel) (1911-1946) was a Belgian journalist and supporter of Rexism.

From a Catholic background, Streel became an associate of Léon Degrelle after meeting him in 1930. His 1932 work, "Les Jeunes Gens et la Politique", underlined his distaste for the modern world and soon Streel had been appointed editor-in-chief of all the Rexist publications. He had reservations about Nazism due to his strong Catholic faith, although he was ultimately reconciled to collaboration. A strong advocate of Belgian independence, he called for joint action between the Rexists and the Flemish National Union but when Degrelle rejected this policy he resigned from Rex in 1943. He eventually fled to Germany in 1944, although he took no political role here and instead worked in a factory. He returned to Belgium after the war and surrendered to the authorities. Having already been sentenced to death "in absentia" he was killed by a firing squad on 21 February 1946.

Bibliography

* Philip Rees, "Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890"