The Pete Quiñones Show Reading Léon Degrelle's 'The Burning Souls' w/ Thomas777
Feb 19, 2026
Thomas777, a revisionist historian, fiction writer, and podcaster who annotates Léon DeGrelle, reads and comments on The Burning Souls. They discuss DeGrelle’s Catholic piety blended with Waffen-SS identity. Conversations cover homeland and memory, spiritual crisis and moral renewal, frontline poetry and soldierly acceptance of death, and calls for a deep cultural reconquest.
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Faith And Political Militancy United
- Léon Degrelle embodied a synthesis of Catholic piety and militant National Socialist identity that shaped his memoir's moral tone.
- Thomas777 argues this fusion explains why Degrelle framed political action as spiritual martyrdom and cultural renewal.
Degrelle’s Military Rise And Exile
- Thomas777 recounts that Degrelle rose from squad leader to an effective infantry commander and survived exile in Franco's Spain.
- He notes Degrelle remained publicly proud of his Waffen‑SS service until his death in the early 1990s.
Waffen‑SS As Pan‑European Vanguard
- The Waffen-SS aimed to be a pan-European vanguard, not merely a German chauvinist force, attracting volunteers across nations.
- Thomas777 says that view shaped DeGrelle's sense of a transnational crusade and explains the unit's cultural symbolism.
