Maurice Sarraut (22 September 1869 in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectu ...

– 2 December 1943) was a French journalist and politician. He was the older brother of

Albert Sarraut Albert-Pierre Sarraut (; 28 July 1872 – 26 November 1962) was a French Radical politician, twice Prime Minister during the Third Republic. Biography Sarraut was born on 28 July 1872 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. On 14 March 1907 Sarraut, ...

. Sarraut was then committed to the newspaper '' La Dépêche de Toulouse'' while he was training to be a lawyer. In 1892, he organized the Paris branch of the newspaper and made many ties with Members of Parliament and ministers. He became executive director of the newspaper in 1909 and joined a group close to Pierre Lafitte. He was assassinated on 2 December 1943 at his villa on the outskirts of

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. The collaborationist press immediately accused the Resistance, but very soon, the police arrested the killers. However, they were shortly released after the intervention of

Joseph Darnand Joseph Darnand (19 March 1897 – 10 October 1945) was a French collaborator with Nazi Germany during World War II. A decorated soldier in the French Army of World War I and early World War II, he went on to become the organizer and ''de facto ...

and the German authorities. At the end of the war, the regional leader of the

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, Henry Frossard, was accused of providing weapons and vehicles to the killers and was executed on 14 May 1945. Sarraut is buried in the cemetery of St. Vincent,

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1869 births 1943 deaths Politicians from Bordeaux Radical Party (France) politicians French Senators of the Third Republic 20th-century French newspaper publishers (people) Assassinated newspaper publishers (people) Senators of Aude {{France-bio-stub