Jean Filiol, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jean Filiol

French militant

Date of Birth: 12-May-1909

Place of Birth: Bergerac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Profession: politician, activist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Jean Filiol

  • Jean Filiol (born 9 May 1909, date of death unknown) was a French militant, who was active in La Cagoule before the Second World War.
  • After the war, he fled to Spain, where he worked for the local office of L'Oréal. Filliol was one of the founding members of La Cagoule, after being previously a member of the Camelots du Roi.
  • He was one of suspects in the killing of the Italian anti-fascists Carlo and Nello Rosselli in 1937, for which a French court convicted him to death in absentia in 1948.
  • Filliol was interned in 1942, but released in 1944, on the orders of Joseph Darnand.
  • He fled to Spain after the war, which refused to extradite him to stand trial in France.

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