Leon van der Essen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leon van der Essen

Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1883

Place of Birth: Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 10-Feb-1963

Profession: historian

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Leon van der Essen (1883–1963) was a Belgian historian, professor at the Catholic University of Leuven.
In 1946 he testified about the German occupation of Belgium at the Nuremberg trials, the only Belgian witness called.