Front de la Jeunesse (Belgium)

The Front de la Jeunesse (FJ) was a Belgian private militia. It was founded in 1973 by members of one of the so-called NEM-Clubs, situated around the Nouvel Europe Magazine.

A French-Algerian man was killed on December 4 in Brussels by members of the Front de la jeunesse. This killing provoked a huge antiracist demonstration in Brussels and the Justice Minister introduced before the Parliament a project of law against racism, adopted a few months later.

The organization was disbanded in 1983, when a large portion of its members were convicted for being part of a private militia. Some members of the FJ helped create the neo-Nazi organization Westland New Post in 1981.

In July 1981, members of the FJ set fire to the publishing building behind the Pour magazine, after the magazine revealed some information about the internal structures of FJ.

External sources

 * Front de la jeunesse et Parti des forces nouvelles