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The '''Heimattreue Front''' ('''Patriotic Front'') was a [[political party]] which, in the 1930s, demanded the attachment of the [[Eupen-Malmedy|Belgian East Cantons]] to [[Germany]], from which they had been detached in 1920.
== Background ==
In the [[1930s]], the tension between those in favour of remaining in Belgium and those in favour of joining Germany increased to such an extent that four leaders of the ''Heimatbund'', including the former chairman of the ''Christliche Volkspartei'', A. Josef Dehottay, were deported to Germany and stripped of their Belgian nationality in 1935<ref>They were Josef Dehottay, Pierre Dehottay (his son), Henri Dehottay (his brother) and Paul Foxius (Dehottay's secretary): "Whereas it is established by the very admission of the defendants that the Landwirtschaftliche Verband, Zentralkasse, Kreisbauernschaft d'Eupen, Heimatbund, Christliche Volkspartei and Landbote are instruments intended to thwart the political assimilation that Belgium is legitimately and wisely carrying out in the redeemed Cantons and to pursue the return of the latter to Germany ; that consequently all these organisations and associations must be considered as unlawful and contrary to public order . ..." cf. Bruno Kartheuser, "Subversion nazie et action secrète. L'encadrement nazi et allemand des cantons de l'Est de la Belgique. Episodes, aperçus, constaté", in: Colloque de Metz, [http://www.memorial-alsace-moselle.com/f/fiches/colloque_metz/MEMORIAL_COLLOQUE_basse_reso.pdf Annexion,nazification et mémoire de la Seconde Guerre mondiale], Université de Metz, 7-8 November 2003, pp. 27-46</ref>. As a result, this party did not field any candidates in the 1936 legislative elections and called on people to join the Heimattreue Front, which advocated a blank vote. The Heimattreue Front won an absolute majority, while the Catholic Party won 53% of the votes cast, the POB 12.7% and the Rexists 26.4%.<ref name="messiaen">{{Cite book|author1=Jean-Jacques Messiaen|author2=Arlette Musick|title=Verviers|publisher=Présence et Action Culturelles|series=Mémoire ouvrière - Histoire des fédérations|place=Bruxelles|year=1985|pages=126}}</ref><ref name="minke">Alfred Minke, "[http://www.wallonie-en-ligne.net/Wa...ie-Region_Europe/1995_CIFE09_Minke_Alfred.htm La Communauté germanophone: l'évolution d'une terre d'entre-deux]", in: ''La Wallonie, une région en Europe'', CIFE-IJD, 1997</ref>
In the next elections, in 1939, the Catholic Party obtained 38.6%, the POB 4% and the Liberal Party 3.4%, while the Heimattreue Front obtained 45.1% of the vote, which was not as absolute a success as in other German-speaking regions bordering Germany, such as the [[Sudetenland]], [[Free City of Danzig]] and [[Klaipėda Region|Memel Territory]].
'''Results of the 1939 parliamentary elections'''<ref>[https://resultatselection.belgium.be/fr Official site for Belgian electoral results since 1848]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|
|Canton of Eupen
|
|Canton of Saint-Vith
|
|Canton of Malmedy
|
|Verviers district
|
|-
| Party
|votes
|%
|votes
|%
|votes
|%
|voice
|%
|- align="center"
|Heimattreue Front
|3,219
|48.67 %
|2,073
|44.73 %
|2,441
|43.09 %
|8,057
|11.83 %
|- align="center"
|Catholic Party
|2,526
|38.19 %
|1,948
|43.04 %
|2,056
|36.29 %
|21,701
|31.85 %
|- align="center"
|Rex
|276
|4.17 %
|439
|9.47 %
|438
|7.73 %
|4,806
|7.05 %
|- align="center"
|Socialist Party
|265
|4.1 %
|140
|3.02 %
|288
|5.8 %
|14,779
|21.69 %
|- align="center"
|Liberal Party
|221
|3.34 %
|23
|0.5 %
|378
|6.67 %
|11,835
|17.37 %
|- align="center"
|Communist Party
|107
|1.62 %
|11
|0.24 %
|64
|1.13 %
|6.948
|10.2 %
|- align="center"
|Valid votes
|6,614
|
|4,634
|
|5,665
|
|68,127
|
|}
== Sources ==
<References/>
[[Category
efunct political parties in Belgium]]
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The '''Heimattreue Front''' ('''Patriotic Front'') was a [[political party]] which, in the 1930s, demanded the attachment of the [[Eupen-Malmedy|Belgian East Cantons]] to [[Germany]], from which they had been detached in 1920.
== Background ==
In the [[1930s]], the tension between those in favour of remaining in Belgium and those in favour of joining Germany increased to such an extent that four leaders of the ''Heimatbund'', including the former chairman of the ''Christliche Volkspartei'', A. Josef Dehottay, were deported to Germany and stripped of their Belgian nationality in 1935<ref>They were Josef Dehottay, Pierre Dehottay (his son), Henri Dehottay (his brother) and Paul Foxius (Dehottay's secretary): "Whereas it is established by the very admission of the defendants that the Landwirtschaftliche Verband, Zentralkasse, Kreisbauernschaft d'Eupen, Heimatbund, Christliche Volkspartei and Landbote are instruments intended to thwart the political assimilation that Belgium is legitimately and wisely carrying out in the redeemed Cantons and to pursue the return of the latter to Germany ; that consequently all these organisations and associations must be considered as unlawful and contrary to public order . ..." cf. Bruno Kartheuser, "Subversion nazie et action secrète. L'encadrement nazi et allemand des cantons de l'Est de la Belgique. Episodes, aperçus, constaté", in: Colloque de Metz, [http://www.memorial-alsace-moselle.com/f/fiches/colloque_metz/MEMORIAL_COLLOQUE_basse_reso.pdf Annexion,nazification et mémoire de la Seconde Guerre mondiale], Université de Metz, 7-8 November 2003, pp. 27-46</ref>. As a result, this party did not field any candidates in the 1936 legislative elections and called on people to join the Heimattreue Front, which advocated a blank vote. The Heimattreue Front won an absolute majority, while the Catholic Party won 53% of the votes cast, the POB 12.7% and the Rexists 26.4%.<ref name="messiaen">{{Cite book|author1=Jean-Jacques Messiaen|author2=Arlette Musick|title=Verviers|publisher=Présence et Action Culturelles|series=Mémoire ouvrière - Histoire des fédérations|place=Bruxelles|year=1985|pages=126}}</ref><ref name="minke">Alfred Minke, "[http://www.wallonie-en-ligne.net/Wa...ie-Region_Europe/1995_CIFE09_Minke_Alfred.htm La Communauté germanophone: l'évolution d'une terre d'entre-deux]", in: ''La Wallonie, une région en Europe'', CIFE-IJD, 1997</ref>
In the next elections, in 1939, the Catholic Party obtained 38.6%, the POB 4% and the Liberal Party 3.4%, while the Heimattreue Front obtained 45.1% of the vote, which was not as absolute a success as in other German-speaking regions bordering Germany, such as the [[Sudetenland]], [[Free City of Danzig]] and [[Klaipėda Region|Memel Territory]].
'''Results of the 1939 parliamentary elections'''<ref>[https://resultatselection.belgium.be/fr Official site for Belgian electoral results since 1848]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|
|Canton of Eupen
|
|Canton of Saint-Vith
|
|Canton of Malmedy
|
|Verviers district
|
|-
| Party
|votes
|%
|votes
|%
|votes
|%
|voice
|%
|- align="center"
|Heimattreue Front
|3,219
|48.67 %
|2,073
|44.73 %
|2,441
|43.09 %
|8,057
|11.83 %
|- align="center"
|Catholic Party
|2,526
|38.19 %
|1,948
|43.04 %
|2,056
|36.29 %
|21,701
|31.85 %
|- align="center"
|Rex
|276
|4.17 %
|439
|9.47 %
|438
|7.73 %
|4,806
|7.05 %
|- align="center"
|Socialist Party
|265
|4.1 %
|140
|3.02 %
|288
|5.8 %
|14,779
|21.69 %
|- align="center"
|Liberal Party
|221
|3.34 %
|23
|0.5 %
|378
|6.67 %
|11,835
|17.37 %
|- align="center"
|Communist Party
|107
|1.62 %
|11
|0.24 %
|64
|1.13 %
|6.948
|10.2 %
|- align="center"
|Valid votes
|6,614
|
|4,634
|
|5,665
|
|68,127
|
|}
== Sources ==
<References/>
[[Category
efunct political parties in Belgium]]{{improve categories|date=April 2024}}
Okumaya devam et...