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Wouter Lutkie

Wouter Lutkie
Lutkie (1919)
Born
Wouterus Leonardus Lutkie

(1887-02-23)23 February 1887
Died23 January 1968(1968-01-23) (aged 80)
Other namesFascist activist
CitizenshipDutch
OccupationPriest
Notable workAristo
Political partyBlack Front
SpouseCelibate

Wouterus Leonardus Lutkie (23 February 1887 in 's-Hertogenbosch – 23 January 1968 in Nuland) was a Dutch Catholic priest and fascist.

Biography

Lutkie came from a wealthy business family and initially was influenced by the idealism of Ernest Hello and Léon Bloy. He was a fervent Catholic.[1] He was ordained in 1919 and subsequently moved to Nuland where he spent the rest of his life.[1]

Lutkie became drawn to Benito Mussolini and travelled several times to Italy, which increased his zeal.[1] He set up his own magazine Aristo in 1930. This lasted until 1943 before reappearing after the war and continuing until 1965.[1] He conducted a series of interviews with the Italian leader.[1] He would also co-operate with Arnold Meijer and the Black Front.[1] In all however Lutkie sought to weld traditional Christianity to fascism's youthful dynamism and he built up a small group of followers with the publication of Aristo.[2]

Lutkie had little time for Anton Mussert and did not support Nazism.[1] As such he faced no charges after the war, despite an examination, and spent the post-war years in semi-retirement (albeit still publishing Aristo until 1965).[1]

In 2022 his biography was published: Willem Huberts, Soli Deo - Wouter Lutkie (1887-1968). Biografie van een priester-fascist. Amsterdam, Boom, 2022. ISBN 978-90-2444-641-4.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Philip Rees, Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890
  2. ^ R.J.B. Bosworth, The Oxford Handbook of Fascism, Oxford University Press, 2009, pp. 453-4