Pierre Sidos, member of the Francist Youth, one of the founders of the far-right movement -

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Pierre Sidos, figure of the far right Petainist and nationalist, founder of the Jeune Nation movement and then of L'Oeuvre française, dissolved in 2013, died Friday at the age of 93 in Normandy, AFP learned from sources on Saturday. concordant.

FN co-founder Jean-Marie Le Pen praised his memory on Twitter.

“The death of Pierre Sidos concerns this great national and patriotic family that we have served and guided, in our often different way.

And yet… I salute his memory, ”wrote the father of Marine Le Pen, who was still present at a banquet alongside him in 2016.

The death of Pierre SIDOS concerns this great national and patriotic family that we have served and guided, in our often different way.

And yet ... I salute his memory.

- Jean-Marie Le Pen (@lepenjm) September 5, 2020

Member of an openly anti-Semitic movement

Pierre Sidos is "died in the hospital of Bayeux (Calvados), surrounded by his family", specified, joined by AFP, Yvan Benedetti, who had succeeded him at the head of the French Work before the dissolution of this movement openly anti-Semitic.

Yvan Benedetti tweeted for his part that "France was losing one of its best children and nationalism one of its best soldiers!"

Throughout his life, his Honor was called Fidelity ”.

Pierre Sidos left us on September 4th. France is losing one of its best children and nationalism one of its best soldiers!

Throughout his life, his Honor was called Fidelity: Fidelity to his name and Fidelity to an ideal struck with the Celtic Cross!


Pierre Sidos?

Present!

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- YVAN BENEDETTI (@Yvan_Benedetti) September 5, 2020

The movement of L'Oeuvre française was integrated into the National Front at its beginnings.

When she arrived at the head of the FN (now the National Assembly) in 2011, Marine Le Pen had excluded her representatives including Yvan Benedetti.

He took part in the Petit-Clamart attack

He is the son of François Sidos, a former militiaman who was tried and shot in 1946 for acts of collaboration.

Admirer of Pétain and Franco, he was part of the fascist militias of Marcel Bucard during World War II and was condemned after the war with one of his brothers, Jacques.

Amnestied, Pierre Sidos founded in 1949 the Jeune Nation movement, which was dissolved in 1958. He then created the Nationalist Party, banned in turn, before chairing from 1968 L'Oeuvre française, openly anti-Semitic and whose slogan was " France to the French ”.

Its emblem was the Celtic cross.

Partisan of French Algeria, Pierre Sidos had also taken part in the Petit-Clamart attack against General De Gaulle.

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