Henri Lafont
Henry Lafont | |
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Born | Henri Chamberlin 22 April 1902 |
Died | 26 December 1944 | (aged 42)
Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany Vichy France |
Henri Lafont (born Henri Chamberlin, 22 April 1902 – 26 December 1944) was a French criminal based in Paris who headed the French Gestapo during the Nazi German occupation in World War II.
He was executed by firing squad on 26 December 1944 alongside corrupt policeman Pierre Bonny and footballer-turned-criminal Alexandre Villaplane.
See also[]
References[]
- 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
- The King of Nazi Paris by Christopher Othen, Biteback, 2020, ISBN 1785905465
External links[]
- 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.
Categories:
- 1902 births
- 1944 deaths
- People from Paris
- Nazi collaborators shot at the Fort de Montrouge
- Gestapo personnel
- French police officers convicted of crimes
- Executed people from Île-de-France
- Executed French people
- Filmed executions