Claude Piegts

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Claude Piegts (born January 1, 1934 in Castiglione (today's Bou Ismaïl ), Algeria , then French department ; † June 7, 1962 in Fort du Trou d'Enfer , Marly-le-Roi , France) was a terrorist of the Organization de l'armée secrète (OAS).

biography

Piegts belonged to the so-called Pied-noirs , European origin colonialists Algeria regarded as inalienable part of France and in the Algerian war set against an Algerian independence. Piegts worked as a businessman and joined the illegal OAS. Here he was a member of a Commando Delta , a unit whose aim it was to carry out murder and terrorist attacks. His unit was commanded by Lieutenant Roger Degueldre . Together with his accomplice Albert Dovecar , he murdered the French commissioner Roger Gavoury on May 31, 1962 on behalf of the OAS . Piegts was convicted of murder by a military court sentenced to death , and by a firing squad executed .

Claude Piegts was buried in the cemetery of Le Touvet in Isère .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Yves-Frédéric Jaffré: Les tribunaux d'exception, 1940-1962. Nouvelles éditions latines, Paris 1963, p. 270 f.
  2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ldh-toulon.net
  3. ↑ Report of the execution , Der Spiegel, June 20, 1962, accessed on March 19, 2013
  4. ↑ http://www.henri-pouillot.fr/spip.php?article90
personal data
SURNAME Piegts, Claude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French terrorist of the Organization de l'armée secrète (OAS)
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Castiglione (today's Bou Ismaïl), French Algeria
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 1962