Louis Eudier
Louis Eudier (born April 20, 1903 in Le Havre , † August 11, 1986 ibid) was a French politician of the PCF . From 1956 to 1958 he was a member of the National Assembly . He was one of the survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp .
Life and career
Early life, resistance and imprisonment
As the son of a day laborer, Eudier came from a humble background and had to leave school as a child in order to earn his own money by working in shipbuilding . He was a union member, and in 1930 he was promoted to secretary of the union for workers in the metallurgical industry in Le Havre. In 1936 he was deployed due to his position as a strike leader.
In 1940, France was occupied by German troops during the Second World War and in March 1941 Eudier joined the Resistance , which resisted the occupiers. This led to his arrest on July 12, 1941, and he was behind bars until he was deported to Auschwitz in Poland on July 6, 1942. He stayed there until 1945, but, unlike the more than one million deaths in Auschwitz, he was able to survive the time in the camp. He later received various awards for his conduct during the war.
Political career
After he returned to France in 1945, he went into politics for the communist PCF. In September 1945 he made it into the General Council of the Seine-Inférieure department . In 1947 he made the leap to the city council of Le Havre and in 1956 he became deputy mayor of the city. To this end, he continued his trade union work and rose in 1953 to chairman of the Confédération Générale du travail confederation for the Seine-Inférieure department. Internally, he was accepted into the communist regional office in 1954. In the parliamentary elections in January 1956, he was sent into the race in his home department, renamed Seine-Maritime, as second in the list of the PCF behind René Cance and was able to win a seat in the Paris National Assembly. In Parliament he was a member of the Commission for Reconstruction, War Damage and Housing. In early June 1958 he voted against powers of attorney for Charles de Gaulle , which initiated the establishment of the Fifth Republic and made new elections necessary, in which he did not move into parliament again.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Base de données historique des anciens députés , assemblee-nationale.fr
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eudier, Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician (PCF), member of the National Assembly |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Le Havre , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 11, 1986 |
| Place of death | Le Havre , France |