Henri Martin (French politician)

Henri Martin (1927 – 17 February 2015) was a political activist of the French Communist Party and former sailor famous for the political-military scandal called the Henri Martin Affair, in which the government of the French Fourth Republic meted out a five-year prison sentence to him for distributing pamphlets in opposition to the First Indochina War.[1][2][3] He was born in Lunery, Cher and died in Pantin.

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  1. "Those named Martin, Their history is ours - The Great History, (1946-1954) The Indochina War". documentary (in French). Channel 5 (France). Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-05-20.
  2. Free Henri Martin by historian Alain Ruscio in French communist newspaper L'Humanité, August 2nd 2003 Archived 2003-08-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Henri Martin est décédé". L'Humanité (in French). 17 February 2015.


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