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Cornelis van Geelkerken
Politician
1901 – 1979
Who was Cornelis van Geelkerken?
Cornelis van Geelkerken was co-founder of the Dutch National Socialist Movement.
Cornelis van Geelkerken was born in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Belgium. In the 1920s he gravitated toward extreme nationalism. Proposing an authoritarian, anti-democratic movement to Anton Mussert they formed the National Socialist Movement. He became director of their youth corps, the Nationale Jeugdstorm. After the German invasion Geelkerken was appointed Inspector-General of the Nederlandsche Landwacht. After the war he was sentenced to life imprisonment but released in 1959. He died on 29 March 1976 in Ede.
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- Born
- Mar 19, 1901
Sint-Jans-Molenbeek - Nationality
- Netherlands
- Died
- Mar 29, 1979
Ede
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on July 23, 2013
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