Jean Paul Robert Filiol (9 May 1909 – date of death unknown) was a French militant, who was active in ''
La Cagoule'' before the Second World War. After the war, he fled to
Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
, where he worked for the local office of
L'Oréal
L'Oréal S.A. () is a French multinational personal care corporation registered in Paris .
Filliol was one of the founding members of ''La Cagoule'', after being previously a member of the ''
Camelots du Roi''. He was one of suspects in the killing of the Italian anti-fascists
Carlo and
Nello Rosselli
Sabatino Enrico 'Nello' Rosselli (29 November 1900 – 9 June 1937) was an Italian Socialist leader and historian.
Biography
Rosselli was born on 29 June 1900, in Rome, to a prominent Jewish family. His parents were Giuseppe Emanuele "Joe" Rossel ...
in 1937, for which a French court sentenced him to death ''in absentia'' in 1948.
Filliol was interned in 1942, but released in 1944, on the orders of
Joseph Darnand
Joseph Darnand (19 March 1897 – 10 October 1945) was a French far-right political figure, Nazi collaborator and convicted war criminal during the Second World War. A decorated veteran of the First World War and the Battle of France in 1940, h ...
. He fled to
Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
after the war, which refused to extradite him to stand trial in
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
.
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Nazis who fled to Spain