Claudine Chomat
Claudine Chomat (born February 7, 1915 in Saint-Etienne , † October 14, 1995 in Boulogne-Billancourt ) was a French politician and Resistance fighter.
Life
In 1931 Chomat became a member of the Communist Youth Union of France. From 1934 she was involved in the Parti communiste français (PCF). In 1936, together with Danielle Casanova , Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier and Jeannette Vermeersch, she helped found the Union of Young French Women (Union des Jeunes Filles de France), the PCF's girls' organization.
At the end of 1939, after the PCF was banned by the Daladier regime, it took part in the reorganization of the PCF as an underground organization. After the Wehrmacht invaded France in 1941, she took over the leadership of the Committee for Women in the Resistance ( Comités féminins de résistance ). After the liberation of France in 1944, she founded the Union des Femmes Françaises and became its general secretary. From 1950 she was also a member of the Central Committee of the PCF.
In 1937 she married Victor Michaut , from whom she divorced ten years later in order to marry the widower Laurent Casanova .
literature
- Philippe Robrieux: L'histoire intérieure du parti communiste français. 4 volumes, Fayard, Paris 1980–84
- Pierre Durand: Danielle Casanova, l'indomptable, éditions Messidor. Paris 1990
- Emmanuel de Chambost: La Direction du PCF dans la Clandestinité (1941-44). "Les Cyclistes du Hurepoix". L'Harmattan, Paris 1997, ISBN 2-7384-5515-8
- Jean-Pierre Arthur Bernard: Paris rouge 1944–1964 - les communistes français dans la capitale. Champ Vallon 1991
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chomat, Claudine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Michaut, Claudine; Casanova, Claudine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French communist and member of the Resistance |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Etienne |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 14, 1995 |
| Place of death | Boulogne-Billancourt |