Henri Lafont

For the Free French pilot, see Henry Lafont.

Henry Lafont
Lafont (front left) during his trial
Born	Henri Chamberlin (1902-04-22)22 April 1902 Paris, France
Died	26 December 1944(1944-12-26) (aged 42) Arcueil, France
Cause of death	Execution by firing squad
Allegiance	Nazi Germany Vichy France

Henri Lafont (born Henri Chamberlin, 22 April 1902 – 26 December 1944) was a French criminal based in Paris who headed the French Gestapo during the Nazi German occupation in World War II.

At the beginning of 1944, Henri Lafont now sees himself as war chief, proposes and creates the North African Brigade, composed mainly of men from North Africa, with the Algerian nationalist Mohamed el-Maadi (former officer French member of the Cagoule, an underground extreme right group). The brigade took part in the fights against the French internal resistance, the Maquis du Limousin (three sections took part in the fights against the maquis of Tulle in Corrèze), Périgord (one section) and Franche-Comté (one section).

He was executed by firing squad on 26 December 1944 alongside corrupt policeman Pierre Bonny and footballer-turned-criminal Alexandre Villaplane.

See also

• Carlingue
• Georges Delfanne
• Rudy de Mérode
• Auguste Ricord
• Milice

References

• Magazine Historia Hors Série n°26 1972 by Fabrice Laroche
• La Bande Bonny-Lafont ed. Fleuve noir, 1992 by Serge Jacquemard, ISBN 978-2-265-04673-3
• Les comtesses de la Gestapo ed. Grasset, 2007 by Cyril Eder, ISBN 978-2-246-67401-6
• The King of Nazi Paris by Christopher Othen, Biteback, 2020, ISBN 1785905465

External links

• Unofficial site on Patrick Modiano
• On "les malfrats de la Carlingue"
• "Monsieur Henri and his pals: 16th arrondissement - 93, rue Saint Lauriston". Offbeat Paris. Retrieved 11 July 2012.