Henry Dorgères
Henri-Auguste d'Halluin(February 6, 1897,Wasquehal– January 22, 1985), known by the pseudonymHenry Dorgères,was a French political activist. He is best known for hisComités de Défense Paysanne.
Henri Dorgères was born in 1897, inWasquehal,a small town in north of France. In 1927, he moved toRennes,inBrittany,and it was there that he founded his first Peasants' Defense Committee. The members of these Defense Committees were also known as "Green shirts" in the style of Italian fascist leaderBenito Mussolini's Black shirts.
Dorgères was awarded theOrdre de la Francisqueby MarshalPhilippe Pétainfor his work in the French right-wing. Because of his fascist sympathies, Dorgères was imprisoned by theAlliesduring theliberation of Francein 1944. He was released because of work he had done with theResistanceduring the war. In 1956, he was elected to theFrench National Assemblyfrom the BretonDépartementofIlle-et-Vilaine;he remained in the Assembly until 1958.
Sources
[edit]- Paxton, Robert O.(1997).French Peasant Fascism: Henry Dorgères' Greenshirts and the Crises of French Agriculture, 1929–1939.Oxford University Press.
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