Roland Silly (1909–1995)
was a French trade unionist and politician.
In the 1930s, Roland Silly was Secretary of the Federation (or section) of technicians of the
CGT and member of the Socialist Party
SFIO
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, led by
Paul Faure.
During the German occupation (1940–1944), Roland Silly was a member of the
Rassemblement national populaire
The National Popular Rally (, RNP, 1941–1944) was a French political party and one of the main collaborationist parties under the Vichy regime of World War II.
Created in February 1941 by former members of the French Section of the Workers' ...
, a
collaborationist
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party led by
Marcel Déat
Marcel Déat (; 7 March 1894 – 5 January 1955) was a French politician. Initially a socialist and a member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), he led a breakaway group of right-wing Neosocialists out of the SFIO in 19 ...
, and the head of the Jeunesses national-populaire, the youth movement of the party.
Sources
*R. Handourtzel et C. Buffet, "La collaboration... à gauche aussi", Ed. Perrin, Paris, 1989.
*Pierre Philippe Lambert et Gérard Le Marec, "Partis et mouvements de la Collaboration", Ed. Grancher, 1993.
References
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1909 births
1995 deaths
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