Brutus Network

Brutus Network

The Brutus Network ( _fr. Réseau Brutus) was a French Resistant movement during World War II. It was founded in 1941 by Pierre Fourcaud, parachuted in France with instructions from Charles de Gaulle to set up an intelligence network [http://brutus.boyer.free.fr/introduction/brutusresume.html Le Réseau Brutus Boyer] fr icon ] , and other Socialist members of the SFIO, from the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Southern Zone, and led by Félix Gouin. As soon as July 1941, the network almost became the armed wing of the "Comité d'action socialiste" (CAS - Socialist Action Committee), of which Félix Gouin had been a co-founder, along with Daniel Mayer. The CAS delegate Eugène Thomas became the leader of the Brutus Network after the arrest of Pierre Fourcaud and his brother, Jean Fourcaud, departure for London.

Extending itself in 1942-43, Brutus became a national Resistant network in February 1943, in particular through the impulsion of André Boyer. Boasting more than a 1,000 agents [http://brutus.boyer.free.fr/introduction/brutusresume.html Le Réseau Brutus Boyer] fr icon] , its headquarters were based in Lyon, with Pierre Sudreau as responsible of the Northern Zone and Jean-Maurice Hermann of the Southern Zone. André Boyer entered the directing committee of the "Mouvements unis de Résistance" (United Movements of Resistance) in November 1943. At the end of this year, the network was strongly affected by the arrest of Boyer, Sudreau and Hermann. Gaston Defferre, later mayor of Marseilles for years, succeeded to André Boyer (he was previously his deputy) as national chief.

Some members

* Pierre Bourthoumieux
* Jean Biondi
* André Boyer
* André Clavé
* Gaston Defferre
* Pierre Fourcaud
* Raymond Gernez
* Félix Gouin
* Ginette Kahn Bernheim
* Jean-Maurice Hermann
* Pierre Malafosse
* Daniel Mayer
* Émilienne Moreau
* Jacques Poupault
* Georges Ronceray
* Pierre Sudreau
* Eugène Thomas
* Jean Valnet
* Gaston Vedel

Footnotes

Bibliography

*Jean-Marc Binot and Bernard Boyer, "Nom de code : Brutus", éd. Fayard, 2007

See also

*Vichy France
*SFIO (French Section of the Workers' International)

External links

* [http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=i3ycTOx8sWU Témoignage] , video testimony of a Brutus member in Annecy


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