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Déat, Marcel
Déat, Marcel (b. 7 Mar. 1894, d. 5 Jan. 1955). French Fascist He left the Socialist Party (SFIO) in 1933 to co-found the Socialist Party of France. In 1938, he supported the Munich Agreement, and in 1939 opposed entering war over the city of Danzig. During the 1930s, he turned increasingly towards Fascism, and during the German occupation he became one of the leading opponents of what he considered to be Marshal Pétain's ‘moderation’. He founded the Popular National Assembly (RNP) in January 1941 but was unable to rally all French Fascists behind it. He failed to win German support for his aim, but was made Minister of Labour in March 1944 instead. After the war he fled to an Italian monastery, so his death sentence was never carried out.
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JAN PALMOWSKI. "Déat, Marcel." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAN PALMOWSKI. "Déat, Marcel." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-DatMarcel.html JAN PALMOWSKI. "Déat, Marcel." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-DatMarcel.html |
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Déat, Marcel
Déat, Marcel (1894–1955),French socialist politician who, after the German occupation of Paris, edited there the pacifist newspaper L'Œuvre, in which he initially denounced Pétain'sVichy government. However, he was converted to Nazi beliefs and later became a supporter of Laval, Pétain's prime minister and arch-collaborator. In February 1944 he was appointed the Vichy government's labour minister, but he was so loathed by Pétain that he ran his ministry from Paris. He moved with the government to Sigmaringen in southern Germany and at the end of the war found refuge in an Italian monastery where he remained until his death.
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I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. " Déat, Marcel." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. " Déat, Marcel." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-DatMarcel.html I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. " Déat, Marcel." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-DatMarcel.html |
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