Volksverwering

  • Popular Defense
Identifier
937
Type of Entity
Corporate Body

Dates of Existence

Founded in 1937

History

In 1937 the Volksverwering was founded which during the German occupation in the Second World War actively participated in the persecution of Jews. The founding of Volksverwering constituted the establishment of the first organization whose sole raison d’être was anti-Semitism.

Places

  • Founded and active in Belgium.

Sources

  • Belgium and the Holocaust : Jews, Belgians, Germans / D. Mikhman. - Jerusalem, 1998. - p. 168, 180