Henri Martin (French politician)

Henri Martin (1927 – 17 February 2015) was a political activist of the French Communist Party and former sailor famous for the political-military scandal called the Henri Martin Affair, in which the government of the French Fourth Republic meted out a five-year prison sentence to him for distributing pamphlets in opposition to the First Indochina War.[1][2][3] He was born in Lunery, Cher and died in Pantin.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Those named Martin, Their history is ours - The Great History, (1946-1954) The Indochina War". documentary (in French). Channel 5 (France). Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-05-20.
  2. ↑ Free Henri Martin by historian Alain Ruscio in French communist newspaper L'Humanité, August 2nd 2003
  3. ↑ "Henri Martin est décédé" (in French). humanite.fr. 17 February 2015.

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