Marcel Paul

Marcel Paul ( born July 12, 1900 in Paris, † 11 November 1982 in L'Île -Saint -Denis ) was a French politician ( PCF).

Marcel Paul was Secretary General of the Confédération Générale du Travail. On November 13, 1941, he was captured in German-occupied France and tortured in Saint-Denis. He fled and joined the French Resistance movement Resistance. He was again taken prisoner and brought to Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camp later. In April 1945, he participated in the uprising in the camp, which led to the self- liberation of the camp on the approach of the U.S. Army.

After the end of World War II he was industry minister in the government of Charles de Gaulle. On 8 April 1946, he voted in favor of the nationalization of electricity and gas and founded the Electricité de France and Gaz de France.

Since 1952, Paul was elected president of the International Buchenwald Committee.

Until 1948 he was deputy chairman of the Parti Communiste français. From 1945 to 1964 he was a member of the Central Committee.

Honors

• Marcel Paul was an officer of the French Legion of Honour.
• The German city of Weimar has been named in GDR times a street after him.