Robert Deloche

Robert Deloche (1909-1988) is a workman furrier, trade unionist, politician in France and Algeria, Communist militant, resistant, former mayor of Joinville-le-Pont.

Communist militant in Algeria

Born on November 20th 1909 with Lyon (the Rhone).

Workman furrier, it works in 1928 as clerk of library at the office of edition of communist daily newspaper Humanity, then, in 1929, with the service of propaganda of the Communist party. He carries out his military service of 1929 with 1932, where he obtains the rank of sergeant of spahis. He lives until October 1935 with Saint-Maur-of-Ditches and militates with the ray (local group) of the French Communist party of Champigny-sur-Marne (the Seine). Without use in 1932, it creates the Committee of the unemployed of Champigny-sur-Marne then finds an use of furrier again, but share with a strike loses it to have taken. In February 1933, it is elected assistant treasurer of the unit trade union of the workmen furriers in clothes industry of the the Seine. He was member of the Committee of Saint-Maur of fight against the war and Fascism. In 1935, Robert Deloche settles with Joinville-le-Pont where it directs the communist list to the municipal elections of the May 5th and 12th 1935. The list collects 690 votes of average to the first turn and 1.152 with the second thanks to the desistance from the Socialists; it has two elected officials, of which itself.

It is presented to the legislative elections of the April 26th and May 3rd 1936 in the 3rd district of Sceaux (Bry-sur-Marne, Champigny-sur-Marne, Nogent-sur-Marne, the Perreux-on-Marne). It collects with the first turn 3.900 votes out of 20.467 registered voters (19,1%) and 18.228 voters. With the second turn he desists for the Socialist SFIO Gaston Allemane who had obtained 4.825 votes and is elected with 9.807 votes against 8.367 in Goy, outgoing Républicain deputy.

Communist militant in Algeria

Robert Deloche makes a round of propaganda in Algérie in 1934 then with the Morocco in July - August 1936. He becomes assistant secretary of the colonial section of the French Communist party in October 1936, He succeeds the end 1936 or in 1937 with Jean Chaintron says Barthel as an envoy near the Algerian Communist party made up in October 1936. He is elected member of the office of the Algerian Communist party to the second congress in September 1937. With the congress of the PCF held with Arles from December 25th to 29th 1937, Robert Deloche is rapporteur of the colonial commission. It returns to France in 1938, and made rounds in Algérie in 1939. The articles of Robert Deloche published by the Books of the Bolchevism and the Social struggle attack the nationalist movements, in particular the Algerian Popular party of Messali Hadj and Tunisian Néo-Destour.

In Resistance

Mobilized on August 27th 1939 with the rank of sergeant, it is released on July 28th 1940. The council of prefecture has it deposed of its municipal mandate on February 9th, 1940 for membership of the Communist party. The police force stops it on August 4th, 1941 with the Establishments Chenard and Walker of Gennevilliers where he worked. It is interned in the center of stay of Châteaubriant (Loire-Inférieure) then, following an escape bid, is transferred to that from Voves (Eure-et-Loir). He flees in the night from July 18th to 19th 1942 and becomes clandestine about it. With the Release, it is ordering FFI (French Forces of the interior) and person in charge of the area Paris-Is.

He advises the many resistant ones, of which Roger Belbéoch, which enters the police force at its instigation and will become later on mayor-assistant of Joinville-le-Pont.

Robert Deloche is decorated with the Military Cross to the title of Resistance.

Mayor of Joinville the Bridge

Appointed president of the special delegation of Joinville-le-Pont to the autumn 1944, Robert Deloche is elected city council man in April 1945 (9 Communists and connected, 3 CGT, 11 Socialists, 4 moderate), then mayor on October 26th 1945. He resigns in March 1953.

He is named general adviser of Saint-Maur-of-Ditches in 1945, then elected to advise first sector of the the Seine of 1945 with 1951. He resigns of the general advice for “health reasons” in November 1951.

Robert Deloche was secretary of the communist Area Paris-Is of PCF. In December 1952, according to the biographical Dictionary of the labor movement French of Jean Maitron, it is excluded for “fractional sufficiency” and to have made watch “of a way of life above its means”. Robert Deloche sets out again in Algérie and is in 1962 member of the cabinet of the Minister for the Agriculture of the first government of the independent Algérie. It remains in the country until 1971. It takes its retirement in the South of France and dies on May 12th 1988 with Antibes (the Alpes-Maritimes).

His/her son, Guy Deloche, are city council man of Saint-Maur-of-Ditches (2001 - 2008).

Source

biographical Dictionary of the labor movement French, directed by Jean Maitron, editions of the Workshop, 4th period (1914 - 1939).

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