Albert Forcinal
Albert Forcinal (born May 11, 1887 in Gisors ( Département Eure ), † November 1, 1976 ibid) was a French veteran of the First World War , Resistance fighter, prisoner of the Buchenwald concentration camp , member of the French National Assembly and brief member of the government.
Live and act
Forcinal took part in the First World War and was wounded in the Battle of the Marne. For this he was appointed an officer of the Legion of Honor . In the Second World War he joined the Resistance. In 1943 he was arrested and sent to Buchenwald concentration camp. Here he took part in the work of the illegal French resistance committee.
After the Buchenwald concentration camp was liberated, he helped found the National Association of Deportees, Internees and the Patriotic Resistance (FNDIRP), which was brought into being by Colonel Henri Manhès and Marcel Paul . From 1946 he was a member of the National Assembly and in 1947 a brief member of the government.
Individual evidence
- ^ Heinz Koch / Udo Wohlfeld: The German beech forest committee. The period from 1945 to 1958, Weimar 2010, p. 173, ISBN 3-935275-14-5
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| SURNAME | Forcinal, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French resistance fighter, political concentration camp prisoner and politician, member of the National Assembly |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gisors |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 1976 |
| Place of death | Gisors |