Cyriel Verschaeve (30th April 1874-8th November 1949) was a noted Belgian clergyman and writer (nicknamed the 'Black Chaplain') who was condemned for collaboration with the Nazis during the Second World War. April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years). ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Collaboration, literally, consists of working together with one or more other people. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

Born in Ardooie to a staunch Roman Catholic family, he began training to be a priest at a small seminary in Roeselare in 1886, before moving on to Bruges in 1892 to complete his studies. He was finally ordained in 1897 and then continued his studies at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena. Ardooie is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Roeselare (Roulers in French and English) is a municipality in the province of West Flanders, in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... Sometimes referred to as the Venice of the North, Bruges has many waterways that run through the city. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (FSU) is located in Jena, Thuringia in Germany and was named for the German writer Friedrich Schiller in 1934. ...

He returned to Belgium in 1911 to become a pastor at Alveringem. Whilst here he became involved in the pacifist movement after the outbreak of the First World War and was involved in the building of the IJzertoren. 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Alveringem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... the Ijzertoren, oktober 2004 The IJzertoren is a tower along the Belgian Yser river. ...

Dismissed as chaplain in 1939, Verschaeve, who had long been sympathetic to Germany, wrote Het Uur van Vlaanderen in 1940 in which he articualted feelings of sympathy amongst the Flemish people for Nazi Germany. As a result he was appointed to a Nazi set up body to deal with Flemish culture after the occupation of Belgium. He also became involved with recruitment to the Flemish Legion in 1941. In 1944 he held a meeting with Heinrich Himmler about the Flemish question, although it achieved little as the Allied advance into Belgium was not far away. 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Flemings (Dutch: Vlamingen) are inhabitants of Flanders in the widest sense of the term, i. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... SS-Freiwilligen Standarte Nordwest SS-Freiwilligen Verband Flandern (Landesverband Flandern) SS-Bataillon Flandern SS-Freiwilligen Legion Flandern SS-Freiwilligen Sturmbrigade Langemarck 6. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Heinrich Himmler â–¶ (help· info) (October 7, 1900 – May 23, 1945) was the commander of the German Schutzstaffel (SS) and one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany. ... The group of countries known as the Allies of World War II came together as World War II unfolded and progressed. ...

He fled to Austria in 1945 and, although condemned to death by a Belgian court, survived there until 1949 when he died of a heart attack at Solbad Hall. He was buried in the town, although in 1973 members of the Vlaamse Militanten Orde dug up his remains and reburied them in Belgium. He remains a celebrated figure amongst the more extreme ends of Flemish nationalism. 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... // Nationalism is an ideology which holds that the nation, ethnicity or national identity is a fundamental unit of human social life, and makes certain cultural and political claims based upon that belief; in particular, the claim that the nation is the only legitimate basis for the state, and that each...

Major Written Works

Verschaeve wrote extensively on philosophy, adopting a dramtic, poetic writing style. His major works include: These five broad types of question are called analytical or logical, epistemological, ethical, metaphysical, and aesthetic respectively. ...

• Jacob van Artevelde (1911)
• Zeesymphonieën (1911)
• Ferdinand Verbiest (1912)
• De schoonheid van het evangelie (1913)
• Passieverhaal (1913)
• Philips van Artevelde (1913)
• Nocturnen (1916-1924)
• Judas (1917)
• Het mysterie (1920)
• Uren bewondering voor groote kunstwerken (1920-1922)
• Maria Magdalena (1928)
• De Kruisboom (1929)
• Elijah (1936)
• Nocturnen (1936)
• Rubens, Vlaanderens Spectrum (1938)
• Jezus (1939)
• Eeuwige gestalten (1944)