published when Mr. Folens was alive, they would have been considered defamatory. Under Irish law, one cannot defame a person after their death and Mr. Folens was not alive at the time that this documentary was released. Folens family issued a press release denying that Albert Folens was ever involved with Nazi war crimes, although he was a member of the Flemish Legion. Personal life After returning to Brussels in 1942 he met his future wife Juliette in March. They married in April 1942 and would have two daughters and a son. Post World War II He was captured by British forces in Germany at the end of the war and repatriated to Belgium, where he was sentenced to ten years imprisonment for collaboration. His wife was sentenced to imprisonment for two years but was released after six months. After thirty-one months imprisonment Albert escaped imprisonment under unclear circumstances. Ireland He arrived in Ireland in October 1948 on a false passport and Juliette joined him afterwards. He had his sentence reduced to the three years he had served, had his Belgian passport restored and was able to travel to Belgium. As his earlier teaching regulations were not recognised in Ireland, he obtained a H.Dip.Ed. from University College Dublin in 1951. Alan Dukes was one of his pupils. In 1957 he and his wife began printing school notes on a hired Mimeograph. In 1960 he retired from teaching to devote himself to publishing, founding the Folens Educational Publishing Company. The company was based at Scholarstown Road, then Naas Road, then moved to Tallaght. In 1978 he began to retire. In 1984 the Folens family were held hostage by robbers who demanded a ransom. In 2001 he suffered a stroke and moved to the Dargle Valley Nursing Home, Enniskerry, where he died. References Belgian emigrants 1916 births 2003 deaths Immigrants to Ireland