Anton Mussert

Anton Adriaan Mussert was born in 1894 in the province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands. In the 1920s he became active in several extreme right organizations such as the Dietsche Bond which advocated a Greater Netherlands including Flanders (Dutch-speaking Belgium). In 1931 he joined the newly founded Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging (NSB) or in English National Socialist Movement. During World War II he became the leader of the Dutch National Socialist government. He was executed for collaboration in 1946.