Henri Lafont

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Henri Lafont, from his real name Henri Chamberlin (1902, Paris - 26 December 1944, Arcueil) was the head of the French Gestapo during the German occupation in World War Two.

Contents 1 Life 1.1 Youth 1.2 From Chamberlin to Lafont 1.3 "Pourquoi ne pas travailler avec nous ?" 1.3.1 Stopped at Algiers 1.4 Affairisme and torture 1.4.1 "La guerre des gestapos" 1.5 End of the war 1.5.1 Trial and sentence 2 See also 3 Sources 4 External links

[edit] Life

[edit] Youth

[edit] From Chamberlin to Lafont

[edit] "Pourquoi ne pas travailler avec nous ?"

[edit] Stopped at Algiers

[edit] Affairisme and torture

[edit] "La guerre des gestapos"

[edit] End of the war

[edit] Trial and sentence

[edit] See also

• Friedrich Berger
• Gédéon van Houten
• Christian Masuy
• Rudy de Mérode

[edit] Sources

• Magazine Historia Hors Série n°26 1972 by Fabrice Laroche
• La Bande Bonny-Lafont ed. Fleuve noir, 1992 by Serge Jacquemard, ISBN 978-2265046733
• Les comtesses de la Gestapo ed. Grasset, 2007 by Cyril Eder, ISBN 978-2246674016

[edit] External links

• Unofficial site on Patrick Modiano
• On "les malfrats de la Carlingue"