Pierre Célor (19 April 1902,

Tulle Tulle (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in central France. It is the third-largest town in the former region of Limousin and is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Corrèze, in the Regions of France, region of Nouvelle- ...

Corrèze Corrèze (; ) is a département in France, named after the river Corrèze which runs through it. Although its prefecture is Tulle, its most populated city is Brive-la-Gaillarde. Corrèze is located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, on the bo ...

– 6 April 1957) was a member of the

French Communist Party The French Communist Party (, , PCF) is a Communism, communist list of political parties in France, party in France. The PCF is a member of the Party of the European Left, and its Member of the European Parliament, MEPs sit with The Left in the ...

from 1923, becoming one of the four secretaries of its Central Committee in 1929, beside

Maurice Thorez Maurice Thorez (; 28 April 1900 – 11 July 1964) was a French politician and longtime leader of the French Communist Party (PCF) from 1930 until his death. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister of France from 1946 to 1947. Pre-war Thorez, ...

and

Henri Barbé Henri Barbé (14 March 1902 in Paris – 24 May 1966 in Paris) was a French Communist, and later, fascist politician. Life A metallurgical worker, at 15 he joined the Young Socialists. Attending the Third International, he naturally opted for t ...

. However, he fell into disgrace after the

Comintern The Communist International, abbreviated as Comintern and also known as the Third International, was a political international which existed from 1919 to 1943 and advocated world communism. Emerging from the collapse of the Second Internatio ...

expelled him from the PCF. In 1942 he joined the

Parti populaire français The French Popular Party (, PPF) was a French fascist and anti-semitic political party led by Jacques Doriot before and during World War II. It is generally regarded as the most collaborationist party of France. Formation and early y ...

(PPF) of

Jacques Doriot Jacques Doriot (; 26 September 1898 – 22 February 1945) was a French politician, initially communist, later fascist, before and during World War II. In 1936, after his exclusion from the French Communist Party, he founded the French Popular Pa ...

. After the Second World War, he was sentenced to seven years in prison for

collaboration Collaboration (from Latin ''com-'' "with" + ''laborare'' "to labor", "to work") is the process of two or more people, entities or organizations working together to complete a task or achieve a goal. Collaboration is similar to cooperation. The ...

but was granted amnesty and was released in 1947. He participated in the anti-Communist review ''Est&Ouest'' and became close to

traditional Catholics Traditionalist Catholicism is a movement that emphasizes Catholic theology, beliefs, practices, customs, traditions, Christian liturgy, liturgical forms, Catholic devotions, devotions and presentations of Catholic theology, teaching associated ...

Sources

* Philippe Robrieux, ''Histoire intérieure du parti communiste'', T1 et T4, Fayard, Paris. 1902 births 1957 deaths People from Tulle Politicians of the French Third Republic French Communist Party politicians French politicians convicted of crimes Former Marxists {{France-politician-PCF-stub French anti-communists French prisoners and detainees People convicted of indignité nationale