Theft Of Philippe Pétain's Coffin
Philippe Pétain, Philippe Pétain's coffin was stolen from the Port-Joinville cemetery on the France, French Atlantic coast Île d'Yeu on the night of February 18–19, 1973. The operation, carried out by a commando of six men close to the Extreme Right, extreme right, was intended to transfer the Marshal's remains to the Douaumont Ossuary, ossuary at Douaumont, near Verdun, as a sort of "rehabilitation" for Philippe Pétain's supporters. The "mastermind" of the operation was far-right lawyer and politician Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour. One of his close friends, Hubert Massol, was put in charge of the project, heading a team he formed with five other people. A number of incidents led to the failure of the operation, with the coffin being found three days later in the Paris suburbs, and the main protagonists arrested. The coffin was reburied in the Port-Joinville cemetery on February 22. For three days, the case made the headlines in the French media and mobilized the authorities a ...
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