20th-Century French Politicians: Maurice Papon, L o Lagrange, Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, Maurice Herzog, Georges Mandel, Gaston Monnerville

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Maurice Papon, Léo Lagrange, Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, Maurice Herzog, Georges Mandel, Gaston Monnerville, Marthe Richard, André Maginot, Gaston Defferre, Maurice Kriegel-Valrimont, Raymond Janot, Alain Madelin, François Léotard, Raymond Forni, Charles Hernu, Félix Éboué, Émile Borel, Georges Sarre, Christian Beullac, Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, François Piétri, Said Boualam, Edmond Hervé, Jean-Paul Huchon, André le Troquer, Auguste Champetier de Ribes, Jean Bène, Louis Jacquinot, Paul Bacon, Louis de Guiringaud, Pierre Schneiter, Roger Frey, Louis Loucheur, Albert Châtelet, Daniel Delaveau, Simon Sabiani, François Fontan, Georges Chometon, Henri Caillavet, Marcel Francisci, Jean-Marie Demange, Achille Peretti, Jean François-Poncet, Christian Fouchet, Jean-Claude Sandrier, Jean-Michel Boucheron, Jean-Louis Tourenne, Jean Moreau, Jean Filippi, Pierre Courant, Maurice Arreckx, Maurice Palmade, Laurent Eynac, Max Hymans. Excerpt: Maurice Papon (French pronunciation: ; September 3, 1910 February 17, 2007) was a French civil servant, industrial leader and Gaullist politician, convicted for crimes against humanity for his participation in the deportation of over 1600 Jews during World War II when he was secretary general for police of the Prefecture of Bordeaux. Papon also participated in the repression in Algeria during the Algerian War (195462) as prefect of the Constantinois department. He was named chief of the Paris police in 1958. There, he ordered on October 17, 1961 the severe repression of a peaceful pro-National Liberation Front (FLN) demonstration against the curfew which he had imposed. The Paris massacre of 1961 left between one and three hundred