Bernard de Chalvron (Bernard Guillier de Chalvron) was a French diplomat, political advisor and member of the French Resistance during World War II. [1]
Career
Bernard de Chalvon was a diplomat. [2] He had royalist tendencies. [2]
In the early 1940s, he served as a political advisor on French Algeria to Marshal Philippe Pétain. [3] He was later replaced by Jacques Tiné. [3]
In 1942, he joined the Noyautage des administrations publiques of the French Resistance. [2] After its founder, Claude Bourdet, was arrested, de Chalvron served as its President. [2] He gave copies of reports of meetings conducted by the Vichy government to the United States embassy in Paris, including information about the treatment of Jews. [1] He was arrested and deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp in May 1944. [1] [2] He was liberated by the Americans in 1945. [1]
Personal life
His son, Alain de Chalvron, is a political journalist.
References
- ^ a b c d EPELBAUM, Didier. "Itinéraire de Bernard de Chalvron, diplomate et chargé de mission à Vichy. Un anti-Papon". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ^ a b c d e Epstein, Simon (2010-04-14). Un paradoxe français: Antiraciste dans la Collaboration, antisémites dans la Résistance (in French). ALBIN MICHEL. ISBN 978-2-226-21348-8.
- ^ a b Cotillon, Jérôme (2004). "L'Empire français dans la Révolution Nationale : l'exemple de la vision algérienne des entourages du maréchal Pétain (1940- 1942)". Outre-Mers. Revue d'histoire. 91 (342): 41–50. doi: 10.3406/outre.2004.4081.
Bernard de Chalvron (Bernard Guillier de Chalvron) was a French diplomat, political advisor and member of the French Resistance during World War II. [1]
Career
Bernard de Chalvon was a diplomat. [2] He had royalist tendencies. [2]
In the early 1940s, he served as a political advisor on French Algeria to Marshal Philippe Pétain. [3] He was later replaced by Jacques Tiné. [3]
In 1942, he joined the Noyautage des administrations publiques of the French Resistance. [2] After its founder, Claude Bourdet, was arrested, de Chalvron served as its President. [2] He gave copies of reports of meetings conducted by the Vichy government to the United States embassy in Paris, including information about the treatment of Jews. [1] He was arrested and deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp in May 1944. [1] [2] He was liberated by the Americans in 1945. [1]
Personal life
His son, Alain de Chalvron, is a political journalist.
References
- ^ a b c d EPELBAUM, Didier. "Itinéraire de Bernard de Chalvron, diplomate et chargé de mission à Vichy. Un anti-Papon". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ^ a b c d e Epstein, Simon (2010-04-14). Un paradoxe français: Antiraciste dans la Collaboration, antisémites dans la Résistance (in French). ALBIN MICHEL. ISBN 978-2-226-21348-8.
- ^ a b Cotillon, Jérôme (2004). "L'Empire français dans la Révolution Nationale : l'exemple de la vision algérienne des entourages du maréchal Pétain (1940- 1942)". Outre-Mers. Revue d'histoire. 91 (342): 41–50. doi: 10.3406/outre.2004.4081.