Tony Bloncourt (1921–March 9, 1942) was a

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communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...

who joined the French Resistance against Nazi occupation in World War II. A member of the

Union of Communist Students The Union of Communist Students (french: Union des étudiants communistes, UEC) is a French student political organization, part of the '' Mouvement Jeunes Communistes de France'' (MJCF, Young Communists Movement of France). It was founded in 1939 ...

(French: Union des étudiants communistes, UEC), he was executed as part of the Procès du Palais Bourbon along with six other members of the Bataillons de la Jeunesse for his participation.

References

Albert Ouzoulias Albert Ouzoulias (20 January 1915 – 27 November 1995) was a French politician and a Communist leader of the French Resistance during World War II (1939–45) using the name of "Colonel André". He played a major role in the 1944 liberation of Par ...

, ''Les Bataillons de la Jeunesse'', éditions Sociales, 1972 * Éric Alary, ''Mars 1942. Un procès au Palais-Bourbon'', éditions de l'Assemblée nationale, 2000 (préface de Jean-Pierre Azéma)

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* http://www.une-autre-histoire.org/tony-bloncourt-biographie/ * :fr:Procès du Palais Bourbon * :fr:Gilbert Brustlein 1921 births 1942 deaths French Resistance members Haitian communists Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany Haitian expatriates in France {{France-bio-stub