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Joseph Darnand

1897 - 1945

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Joseph Darnand (19 March 1897 – 10 October 1945) was a French far-right political figure, Nazi collaborator and convicted war criminal during the Second World War. A decorated veteran of the First World War and the Battle of France in 1940, he later pledged allegiance to Nazi Germany, joining the Waffen-SS on 8 August 1943. Darnand was the de facto leader of the Milice française, a fascist paramilitary organisation established under the Vichy regime to combat the French Resistance, persecute Jews, and enforce forced labour drafts. On 1 January 1944, at the request of the German authorities, he was appointed Secretary General for Law and Order, before becoming Secretary of State for the Interior on 14 June 1944. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Darnand has received more than 462,151 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Darnand is the 7,595th most popular politician (down from 7,019th in 2019), the 2,231st most popular biography from France (down from 2,098th in 2019) and the 532nd most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joseph Darnand ranks 7,595 out of 19,576. Before him are Alpha Oumar Konaré, Juansher, Bojang of Goguryeo, Paul Martin, Edward the Exile, and Józef Cyrankiewicz. After him are Hayam Wuruk, Beatrice of Luxembourg, Harry Dexter White, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Johann Trollmann, and Setepenre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Joseph Darnand ranks 105. Before him are Josep Pla, Louis Réard, Alexandre Tansman, George Szell, Otto Dietrich, and John Bagot Glubb. After him are Karol Świerczewski, Edmund Heines, Georgy Shpagin, Michael Lippert, Fazlollah Zahedi, and Marian Anderson. Among people deceased in 1945, Joseph Darnand ranks 149. Before him are Martin Luther, Avgustyn Voloshyn, Dimitrije Ljotić, Leonardo Conti, Bertram Ramsay, and Gerhard Schmidhuber. After him are Mile Budak, Alfréd Schaffer, Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Jambyl Jabayev, Vilém Mathesius, and Sigmund Rascher.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joseph Darnand ranks 2,231 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Copeau (1879), Peter Nolasco (1180), Louis Couperin (1626), François Laurent d'Arlandes (1742), Gustave Kahn (1859), and Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney (1757). After him are Fred Vargas (1957), Christian Jacq (1947), Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons (1635), Étienne Dolet (1509), Sébastien Japrisot (1931), and Elena Poniatowska (1932).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Joseph Darnand ranks 532. Before him are Jacques Cœur (1395), Nominoe (800), Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins (1642), Catherine of Burgundy (1378), Maurice Couve de Murville (1907), and Géraud Duroc (1772). After him are Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons (1635), William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (935), Beatrice of Lorraine (1017), Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano (1628), Drogo of Champagne (670), and Bernard Collomb (1930).

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