Camille Blaisot (19 January 1881 – 24 January 1945) was a French politician and lawyer. Blaisot was born in

Valognes Valognes () is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. Geography Valognes is situated in the Cotentin Peninsula, southeast of Cherbourg. Valognes station has rail connections to Caen, Paris and Cherbourg. Histor ...

and was elected in 1914 to represent Caen in the Chamber of Deputies. He served as

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in 1931 and 1932 under

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and

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, and again in 1935 and 1936 under Laval. He broke with the government over arms sales to the

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, and in the late 1930s Blaisot was associated with the ''Liberty Front'' created by

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. Blaisot did not vote in the parliamentary sessions at

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which granted extraordinary powers to Marshal

Philippe Pétain Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), commonly known as Philippe Pétain (, ) or Marshal Pétain (french: Maréchal Pétain), was a French general who attained the position of Marshal of France at the end of Worl ...

and created the

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. His attitude and activities led to his arrest by German security forces on 2 March 1944. He was initially held in a camp near

Compiègne Compiègne (; pcd, Compiène) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. It is located on the river Oise. Its inhabitants are called ''Compiégnois''. Administration Compiègne is the seat of two cantons: * Compiègne-1 (with 19 ...

and later sent to Dachau concentration camp where he died in 1945. A number of schools and streets are named in his honour.

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