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Henriot, Philippe
1889 - Born on the 7th of January in Reims.
1932-1936 - Henriot was elected to the Third Republic's Chamber of Deputies for the Gironde département.
1940 - After the capitulation of France, he stood by Philippe Pétain's German-backed régime and joined the paramilitary Milice.
1944 - On the 6th of January, he was made the Minister of Information and Propaganda.
- The following June 28, in the Ministry building where he slept, a group of fifteen members of the Résistance dressed as members of the Milice killed him in his bed. In retaliation, Georges Mandel, a long-time opponent of collaboration, was executed.
1932-1936 - Henriot was elected to the Third Republic's Chamber of Deputies for the Gironde département.
1940 - After the capitulation of France, he stood by Philippe Pétain's German-backed régime and joined the paramilitary Milice.
1944 - On the 6th of January, he was made the Minister of Information and Propaganda.
- The following June 28, in the Ministry building where he slept, a group of fifteen members of the Résistance dressed as members of the Milice killed him in his bed. In retaliation, Georges Mandel, a long-time opponent of collaboration, was executed.
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