Henry Torrès

Henry Torrès , is a lawyer, Dramatic author, Journaliste, Député and Senator born the October 17th 1891 with the Andelys (the Eure) and deceased the January 4th 1966 with Paris.

Emblematic figure of the left , it is known, amongst other things, to have defended in 1927 Samuel Schwartzbard, assassin of Simon Petlioura, Ukrainian Socialiste , freedom fighter, whom it considered many responsible for Pogroms.

He was the mentor of Robert Badinter at the beginnings of the lawyer career of this last.

Chronology

1920: Henry Torrès joined the French Communist party at the time of the Congrès of Turns
1923: he obtains the payment of the anarchist Germaine Berton, judged for the assassination, that she had recognized, of the person in charge monarchist of the French Action, Marius Plateau.
1924 : it defends the Italian anarchist Ernesto Bonomini, assassin of Nicola Bonservizi one of the representatives of the Italian Fascisme in France.
1927 : it makes release, with the support of Louis Lecoin and Sebastien Faure, the Anarchistes Francisco Ascaso Abadia, Buenaventura Durruti and Gregorio Jover.
Appointed (left independent) of the Alpes-Maritimes (1932-1936)
1948: senator of the the Seine of the Social republicans (fine of mandate in 1958)
1966: he is opposed, with others, in the columns of the Libertarian Monde , with the arrest of the Spanish republicans in exile.

Works

the lawsuit of the pogroms - Pleading , 1928
the lawsuit of the red bonnet , 1929
the explosive device , 1942
France betrayed by Pierre Laval , 1943
Defendants Out of the ordinary , 1957
De Clemenceau with De Gaulle , 1958
To remember, remember, that do you want me? , 1964

See too

References

Eric Duhamel, “the gathering of the Republican lefts and its components”, on u-paris10.fr .

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