Association for the Defence of the Memory of Marshal Pétain

The Association for the Defence of the Memory of Marshal Pétain (Association pour défendre la mémoire du maréchal Pétain or ADMP) is a French association set up on 6 November 1951 under the patronage of general Maxime Weygand, its honorary president until his death in 1965.

History

It was the successor to a "comité d'honneur", set up in 1948 by Marshal Philippe Pétain to campaign for his release from prison and quickly banned.

Presidents

• Pierre Héring
• François Lehideux
• Jacques le Groignec (2000-2009)

References

Sources

• Henry Rousso, "Le syndrome de Vichy, de 1944 à nos jours", Paris, Seuil, coll. "points histoire", 1990, p. 59-65
• Site of the ADMP