Henri Lafont

Henri Lafont (front row, left) during the 1944 trial that condemned him to death.

Henri Lafont, real name Henri Chamberlin (22 April 1902 in Paris – 26 December 1944 in Arcueil) was the head of the French Gestapo during the German occupation in World War II.

He was executed by firing squad on Boxing Day, 1944.

See also

Sources

  • Magazine Historia Hors Série n°26 1972 by Fabrice Laroche
  • La Bande Bonny-Lafont ed. Fleuve noir, 1992 by Serge Jacquemard, ISBN 978-2-265-04673-3
  • Les comtesses de la Gestapo ed. Grasset, 2007 by Cyril Eder, ISBN 978-2-246-67401-6
  • Unofficial site on Patrick Modiano
  • On "les malfrats de la Carlingue"
  • "Monsieur Henri and his pals: 16th arrondissement - 93, rue Saint Lauriston". Offbeat Paris. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
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