The Murder of Julien Lahaut (1950) and the Anti-Communist Campaign in Belgium.

On 18 August 1950, two unidentified men shot the communist leader Julien Lahaut at the front door of his house in Seraing near Liege. The crime was never solved by the Belgian justice apparatus, and until recently the motives of the assassination still remained a subject of speculation. At regular intervals, the case surfaced in Belgian political discussions. In this paper, we will look at the results of new research, discuss clandestine anti-communist action and situate the murder in a broader political and Cold War context. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]