Jules Hiernaux
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Jules Hiernaux was a Belgian
politician.
He was the founder, and later, director of Université du Travail (E: university of Labor) in Charleroi. Jules Hiernaux was assassinated by members of the rexist movement
at his home in during the night of 28 to 29 July 1944.
He was Minister of Public Education and Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Belgium
from 1937 until 1939.
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
politician.
He was the founder, and later, director of Université du Travail (E: university of Labor) in Charleroi. Jules Hiernaux was assassinated by members of the rexist movement
Rexism
Rexism was a fascist political movement in the first half of the 20th century in Belgium.It was the ideology of the Rexist Party , officially called Rex, founded in 1930 by Léon Degrelle, a Walloon...
at his home in during the night of 28 to 29 July 1944.
He was Minister of Public Education and Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Belgium
Grand Orient of Belgium
The Grand Orient of Belgium The Grand Orient of Belgium The Grand Orient of Belgium (French: Grand Orient de Belgique, Dutch: Grootoosten van Belgie (G.O.B.) is a Belgian cupola of masonic lodges which is only accessible for men, and works in the basic three symbolic degrees of freemasonry.-History:...
from 1937 until 1939.
Source
- University of Labor (history)
- Lodge of the Double-Headed Eagle: two centuries of Scottish Rite Freemasonry ... by William L. Fox, refers to Hiernaux's assassination