- Pierre Semard
Pierre Semard (
15 February 1887 ,Bragny-sur-Saône ,Saône-et-Loire -7 March 1942 ,Évreux ,Eure ) was a trade unionist, secretary general of the federation of railway-workers and leader of theFrench Communist Party (acting as its secretary general from 1924 to 1928). He was shot in prison by the Germans in 1942, and is buried at thePère Lachaise Cemetery inParis . He was key figure in theSFIO and a trade unionist in the CGTU and CGT.Life
Childhood and youth
Union militant
Communist leader
Return to unionism
econd World War
Works
* "Pour le Front unique des transports", 1923
* "La Guerre du Rif", 1925.
* "Histoire de la Fédération des cheminots", 1934.
* "Transports en commun bon marché", 1936.
* « Entretien avec Lénine à l'occasion du IIe congrès du profintern », (retranslated from the Russian), Lénine tel qu'il fut, souvenirs de contemporains, vol. 2, Moscou, 1959.ources
* Article by Serge Wokilow in "Dictionnaire biographique du mouvement ouvrier, Éditions ouvrières.
* Philippe Robrieux, "Histoire intérieure du parti communiste", Volume IV, Fayard, 1984.External links
* [http://archivescommunistes.chez-alice.fr/pcf/pcf1.html André Marty : à la mémoire de Pierre Sémard]
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