Jean Pierre-Bloch

Jean Pierre-Bloch born on April 14th 1905 in Paris and deceased on March 17th 1999 in Paris is a socialist politician, resistant French of the Second world war and a burning militant against the anti-semitism. He was president of LICRA.

Biography

Socialism and resistance

Jean Pierre-Bloch adheres to SFIO at the end of the Années 1920 and becomes journalist with the Populaire , the body of the socialist party. Its political career starts in 1934, when he is elected General adviser canton of Marle in the Aisne. It takes the practice to put Pierre-Bloch on his posters instead of Bloch, because another Bloch of right-hand side prevailed in the area; it will regularize this change later. It reinforces its local base while becoming assistant with the mayor of Laon the following year. In 1936 it becomes, appointed of Aisne. In 1938, Jean Pierre-Block is one of the rare members of Parliament to be opposed to the Accords of Munich. Of Jewish religion, it is particularly concerned by the fate reserved for the Juif S in the Germany of Adolf Hitler.

Volunteer in 1939, it is made prisoner the June 23rd 1940. It cannot vote when Pétain requires the full powerss. He escapes from the camps of Essey-the-Nancy on October 17th, 1940, and joined the ZNO. In February, it returns visit to Leon Blum in his prison of Riom, then meets Xavier Vallat to protest against the Jewish anti laws, but does not obtain anything. He engages in the Résistance since 1940. He is cofounder of the socialist Comité of action of the southern zone in March 1941. October 10th, 1941, it organizes the first parachuting in France. A little later it is arrété whereas it transported funds for Resistance. It is held with the prison of Périgueux then to the Mauzac camp from which it escapes. It tries to join the Général De Gaulle with London, but it is arrété in Spain and spends long months to the prison of Miranda, from which it is drawn by the English consul. Arrived at London at the autumn 1942 (?), he becomes nonmilitary section head of the central Bureau of information and action (BCRA).

Transferred to Algiers in September (?) 1943, Jean Pierre-Bloch becomes police chief associates inside. For this reason, it obtains the re-establishment of the Crémieux decree of 1871, which had naturalized French the Jewish Algerians and which Vichy had repealed. He in vain proposes a similar legislative text for the Moslem Algerians.

He is pilot with the lawsuit of Maurice Papon, with old 93 years.

Resistant criticizes of De Gaulle

Partisan convinced of the De Gaulle general during the war, it denounces however, in De Gaulle or the time of the mistakes , the presence in the entourage of the General, at least until in 1942, of royalists or personalities close to the leagues of extreme-right-hand side before war (Claude Hettier de Boislambert, sympathizer of the Hood, colonel Pierre Fourcade, former militant of this organization, Pierre Bénouville, former member of the French Action, rioter on February 6th, 1934. According to Jean Pierre-Bloch the rallying of the de Gaulle general to the Republic is purely tactical and the Résistance was confiscated by de Gaulle: for him the gaullists maintained a vision truncated Resistance, presenting their current like the only great force of resistance, with the Communists, forgetting the Socialists and the Christian-Democrats.

In 1945, Jean Pierre-Bloch finds his seat of deputy easily, but gives up it in 1947 to direct SNEP, company in charge to manage the goods of the prohibited newspapers of publication after the Release. He is sworn with the lawsuit of the marshal Pétain. Meanwhile, it chaired the commission of the National Assembly for the coordination of the Moslem businesses. For this reason, it tries to improve the fate of the Algerians and takes part in the drafting of the statute of 1947, which is not applied.

In the years 1950 and 1960, it takes part in the Mouvement of peace. In 1956, it fails to find its seat of deputy.

An engagement antiracist

Jean Pierre-Bloch was also leading international League against the anti-semitism: member of the management committee, 1937 to 1968, then president of LICRA during 24 years, of 1968 with 1992, and finally honorary president of 1992 with its death. He becomes president of the LICRA to dead of the founder Bernard Lecache and directs the review the Right to life . It is under its impulse that the fight against the racism, which belonged to the combat of the League since 1932, is added in the name of the LICA which becomes in 1979 the LICRA. Its engagement had started in 1934, when he inquired into the Pogrom S made with Constantine (Algérie).

Of 1987 with 1989, it chairs the Advisory Commission of the Human rights near the Prime Minister.

In March 2003, the street Alexis Carrel with Paris was renamed name of Jean Pierre-Bloch.

His/her son is Jean-Pierre Pierre-Bloch, former deputy (UDF-PSD) of Paris and city council man (DLL, then UMP) of the 18th district.

Decorations

Grand Cross of the Legion of honor,
Six quotations with the Military Cross
Medal of resistance with rivet washer
Military Cross Polonaise
Cross of the voluntary combatant
Medal of the escaped prisoners
Medal of the Supreme Soviet
Cross of the voluntary combatant of resistance
Large Officer of the national order of Benign the
Medal of free France
Large Cord “Nicham Ephticar”
Medal of vermeil of the local government agencies
Commander of the Public health
Knight of the academic Palms
Plate of the millenium of the town of Paris

Random links: