Amédée Guy

Amédée Guy is a doctor, a politician and resistant French born on March 20th, 1882 with Bonneville (Haute-Savoie) and dead on November 16th, 1957 with Thonon-the-Baths (even department).

Biography

Amédée Guy is resulting from an easy family. He is the son of Jules Guy, professor of drawing and architect of profession, mayor and general adviser (republican) of Bonneville. He makes his secondary studies in his birthplace, and his higher learning (medicine and biology) with Paris. Doctor of medicine, Amédée Guy is interested in the diseases which strike the popular layers: he works initially on the hygiene of the infants and the abandoned children, then on the Tuberculose. In parallel, it continuation its career of teaching. Initially part-time lecturer at the medical college of Paris, it is detached in Spain, to Saint-Jacques-with-Compostelle, the end of the years 1920 and the beginning of the year 1930, then turns over to France, this time at the Institute of the cancer of Villejuif, where he is chief of the service of séro-bacteriology.

The republican tradition of its family and the misery which he sees by exerting his trade lead it to socialism. It reads Karl Marx and of the Marxist authors. After the unification of 1905, it adheres to SFIO. During the First World War, he is medical officer of infantry, then responsible for the detection and the analysis of asphyxiating gases. Decorated with the Legion of honor for its attitude with the face, he in 1918 more is convinced than ever of the need of socialism.

Being located resolutely at the left wing of the SFIO, it did not join the Communist party after the Congrès of Turns, but pleads for a bringing together between the two labor movements. In 1937, it belongs to the mission which leaves in Germany to collect information on the fate of Communist militant imprisoned by the mode Nazi.

In 1932, solicited by the federation of Haute-Savoie, he is candidate with the legislative elections in the district of Bonneville. Beaten, it obtains 4.874 votes however, whereas candidate SFIO of 1928 had gathered only 684 votes. In November, it is elected city council man at the time of a by-election. It fails becoming mayor at the time of the general elections of 1935, but preserves its seat at the municipal council.

At the time of the legislative elections of 1936, he is elected appointed. To the Room, it belongs to the commission of the Public health. He is also rapporteur of the budget of health.

In 1938, it lines up among the partisans of firmness vis-a-vis Hitler and takes part in the Agir group, with, in particular, Pierre Brossolette, Léo Lagrange, Daniel Mayer, Georges Monnet, Jean Pierre-Bloch and Pierre Viénot.

July 10th, 1940, it vote against the full powerss with Philippe Pétain. A little later the Régime of Vichy assigns it with residence, with Thônes, then with Cruseilles. After the invasion of the free zone, in November 1942, he is prevented by resistant police officers that its arrest is imminent. He tries to leave in Suisse, but the Italian police force stops it before (Haute-Savoie is occupied by the Italy). He is imprisoned with the fortress of Impéria, then in the camp of Embrun. In July 1943, the fall of the fascistic mode releases it, but the German troops return shortly after to Italy. Italian resistance enables him to gain Switzerland finally. Amédée Guy resides then at Geneva until the release of Haute-Savoie. It joined its native department then, and belongs to the departmental committee of Release.

Re-elected appointed in 1945, he becomes general adviser the same year. Beaten with the legislative elections of 1946, he is elected with the Conseil of the Republic. He chairs the commission of the Public health it.

In 1948, old from sixty-six years and opposed to the policy of Third force, Amédée Guy withdraws political life. It takes part in the Association of the deportees and resistant and patriotic internees of Haute-Savoie, and becomes cantonal delegate of the school of Lully. It finishes its medical career by holding a biological cabinet of medicine with Thonon, where it dies.

Source

Jean Maitron (to dir.), biographical Dictionary of the labor movement French , ED. workshop, cédérom, 1997

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