Beneux letter
Remoring The King of Belgians at all costs, also under Nazi domination, was the goal of Leopold III (1901-1983), which reigned from 1934 to 1951, the year in which he was forced to abdicate because or actions. In the summer of 1942, two years after the Belgian army had undertaken unconditionally, the king contemplated a “peaceful commitment.” Negotiated with Hitler’s regime, the commitment would have
It was known that the monarch was stubborn, blind to certain realities and attracted to autocratic regimes. To the recent work done by Vincent Stuer and the publication of his book RexitIt was not known that Leopold III intended to be inspired by Vichy’s regime and was prepared to direct a puppet government in Belgium under Hitler’s control.
Stuer, historian, spokesman for the European and playwright Parliament, found in the hidden archives of a former secretary of the Laeken Palace (the Royal Residence) a 22 -page document written by the advisors of Leopold IIis. The king had asked them for stages for the end of a war that believed that Germany would inevitably win.
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