Charles Tillon
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Charles Joseph Tillon was a French metal worker, Communist, trade union leader, politician and leader of the French Resistance during World War II.
Charles Tillon in 1936
Charles Tillon in 1940
Benoît Frachon
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Benoît Frachon, a French metalworker and trade union leader, was one of the leaders of the French Communist Party and of the French Resistance during World War II. He was Secretary-General of the Conf
Charles Tillon
…spoke out for fighting for national liberation from the Germans. He became the third member of the clandestine PCF secretariat, with Jacques Duclos and Benoît Frachon. Germany attacked the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 in Operation Barbarossa. PCF policy switched to support for armed struggle against the German…
Benoît Frachon 1893 1975
Clandestine PCF secretariat in 1943. Left to right: Frachon, Auguste Lecoeur, Jacques Duclos and Charles Tillon