Bernard de Chalvron (Bernard Guillier de Chalvron) was a French diplomat, political advisor and member of the French Resistance during World War II. [1]
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]
His son, Alain de Chalvron, is a political journalist.
Bernard de Chalvron (Bernard Guillier de Chalvron) was a French diplomat, political advisor and member of the French Resistance during World War II. [1]
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]
His son, Alain de Chalvron, is a political journalist.