Jeunesse Populaire Française (JPF,
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: ''French Popular Youth'') was a
fascist youth movement created by
Jacques Doriot
Jacques Doriot (; 26 September 1898 – 22 February 1945) was a French politician, initially communist, later fascist, before and during World War II.
In 1936, after his exclusion from the Communist Party, he founded the French Popular Party (P ...
and connected to his
Parti Populaire Français
The French Popular Party (french: Parti populaire français) was a French fascist and anti-semitic political party led by Jacques Doriot before and during World War II. It is generally regarded as the most collaborationist party of France.
...
. They wore a blue uniform. They are remembered for their fights with
zazous and
Jews
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
and shaving heads of zazous.
It was established in October 1941 under the name l'Union de la Jeunesse Populaire Française (L'UJPF, ''The Union Of The French Popular Youth'') and renamed to JPF in May 1942 when it merged with other smaller youth organizations.
[La Seconde guerre mondiale en Saône-et-Loire, by André Jeannet (2003) , p. 24.][For Europe, by Robert Forbes (2006) ]
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Doriot was its honorary president, the actual one being Roger Vauquelin des Yveteaux (real name: des Yvetots).[
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See also
*Parti Populaire Français
The French Popular Party (french: Parti populaire français) was a French fascist and anti-semitic political party led by Jacques Doriot before and during World War II. It is generally regarded as the most collaborationist party of France.
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Youth wings of political parties in France
Youth organizations established in 1941
1941 establishments in France
Organizations disestablished in 1942
1942 disestablishments in France
Far-right movements in Europe