Edmond Michelet (8 October 1899 – 9 October 1970) was a French politician. He is the father of the writer Claude Michelet. On 17 June 1940, he distributed tracts calling to continue the war in all

Brive-la-Gaillarde Brive-la-Gaillarde (; Limousin dialect of oc, Briva la Galharda) is a commune of France. It is a sub-prefecture and the largest city of the Corrèze department. It has around 46,000 inhabitants, while the population of the agglomeration was 7 ...

's mailboxes. It is considered to be the first act of resistance of World War II in

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, one day before

Charles de Gaulle Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (; ; (commonly abbreviated as CDG) 22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Governm ...

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. He helped many victims of the Nazis in occupied France, including Catholic philosopher Dietrich von Hildebrand. In 1943 he was arrested and incarcerated at the

Dachau concentration camp , , commandant = List of commandants , known for = , location = Upper Bavaria, Southern Germany , built by = Germany , operated by = ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) , original use = Political prison , construction ...

where he assisted other prisoners during a

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epidemic and was infected himself. He wore the armband No. 52579 When Dachau was liberated he was still aiding the sick and was the last to leave, on 26 May 1945. (While a prisoner, he was helped by abbé Franz Stock.). He was designated a

righteous among the nations Righteous Among the Nations ( he, חֲסִידֵי אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם, ; "righteous (plural) of the world's nations") is an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to sa ...

in 1995. He was elected to the French Parliament on 21 October 1945.Serge Besanger, ''Les indomptables'', Paris, Éditions Nouvelle Cité, 2020, . He was made minister of the Army by

in 1946. He served as

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from 1959 to 1961. Michelet was the main collaborator of

Abraham Vereide Abraham Vereide (October 7, 1886 – May 16, 1969) was a Norwegian-born American Methodist minister and founder of International Christian Leadership (ICL) group. Early life Abraham was born in the Vereide home in Gloppen in the Nordfjord dis ...

, the leader of the

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fundamentalist organisation, based in the United States.Doug Ireland
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'', 13 April 2008 (account of Jeff Sharlet, ''The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power'', HarperCollins, 2008)

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* 1899 births 1970 deaths Politicians from Paris Popular Republican Movement politicians Rally of the French People politicians Union of Democrats for the Republic politicians French Ministers of Culture French Ministers of Justice French Ministers of Veterans Affairs French Ministers of Civil Service Members of the Constituent Assembly of France (1945) Members of the Constituent Assembly of France (1946) Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic French Senators of the Fourth Republic Senators of Seine (department) Deputies of the 3rd National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 4th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Dachau concentration camp survivors French people of the Algerian War Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) Recipients of the Resistance Medal French Righteous Among the Nations French Servants of God {{France-politician-stub

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