299:, rejecting government by political parties and underlining what he perceived as the importance of group membership on the basis of family, regional, cultural and nationalistic identities. His work dealt little in the practicalities of how the ideology would be implemented, with these more mundane aspects covered more in the works of Denis.
340:; but when Degrelle returned from action and rejected this policy, he resigned from Rex in January 1943. The two also clashed over Streel's desire to refocus Rex as a strong political party, something that did not interest Degrelle, who preferred them to be a militarily-minded movement, a further cause of the 1943 split.
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Having left Rexism, he continued his personal policy of limited collaboration, contributing to journals and radio broadcasts. Condemned by
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and other leading figures and initially his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment with hard labour. A review by the
Auditeur Militaire however uncovered an article he had written condemning the Belgian government-in-exile and reimposed the original sentence.
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but nonetheless he voluntarily re-entered the country after the war and gave himself up. Brought before the
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in August 1940 when it re-appeared, and with
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Streel declared "I regret nothing" and insisted that fascism had been essential for Europe in order to avert disaster. Held at the
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in 1944, although he took no political role here and instead worked in a factory. Belgian authorities condemned him to death
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385:La révolution du XXème siècle
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35:Lucien Alphonse Joseph Streel
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