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reason. The three departments, Finistere, Cotes-du-Nord and Morbihan, are intended to form a "cultural whole." Pierre Laval has found this "very intelligent". Well, we will not work with this; we will not let them fleece Brittany. Stop! Brittany is one nation with five departments. It is under this unit that its fate should be considered. We will publish in our next issue the protests of our committees and our readers of the Loire-Inférieure and the ille-et-Vilaine. Already, we take a stand against Taldir-Jaffrennou's monstrous project, which singularly corroborates all the evidence that we have from Vichy.
361:. Baudet-Germain affirmed he had copied the original before burning it. Requested to produce his copy of the original denunciation M. Baudet-Germain said he had destroyed his copies as well. There was no physical evidence against Jaffrennou. However the testimony was sufficient to convict Jaffrennou to 5 years imprisonment, confiscation of a quarter of his property and national indignity. 28: 364:
Le Goaziou, who had been made President of the Finistère Departmental Liberation Committee, said he has always maintained a good relationship with Jaffrennou, never doubted his sincerity, and shared his regionalist political beliefs, but he regretted that he had sullied his reputation by dealing with
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After the Liberation, the French police found a list of denunciations that had been sent to the Germans. None were written by Jaffrennou. However, M. Baudet-Germain, a Vichy official, (Secretary General of the Prefecture Regional Rennes), said he had received a letter from Jaffrennou denouncing the
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Taldir-Jaffrennou just submitted a report which is a real killer of Brittany. This report contains as its main feature the cutting of Brittany into three parts: The Ille-et-Vilaine is attached to the English Channel to form an economic region. The Loire-Inférieure is part of the Vendee for the same
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On 7 August 1944, Jaffrennou was arrested by members of the French resistance on charges of having served the enemy and supported Pétain. He was also accused of wanting to make Brittany an independent country within a Nazi dominated Europe. He was acquitted and released. On 10 August 1944, he was
322:, who founded the party in 1911. At this point, Jaffrennou abandoned his previous moderate regionalist position, which he declared "obsolete and outdated", and now advocated complete independence for Brittany. Rejecting his earlier decision to cease publishing during the war, he now wrote for 348:. In early June 1945, he was transferred to Mesgloaguen, another prison. He was charged with acts which might harm the national defense, association with the Germans and denunciation of patriots. He was put on trial before the Court of Justice. 365:
Vichy. He said that he had been arrested before the date of the alleged denunciation, a conclusion supported by the report of the inspectors dated 5 December 1943 and sent to the Commissioner of Police Nationale de Quimper.
263:"Germany after having secured the complicity of Russia, thought the time come to dismember Poland once more. Great Britain and France, committed to this brave country, have mobilized their forces land, sea and air. " 131:, then in its infancy, in which he went on to publish two columns in Breton. Some time later, he founded the Federation of Breton Students. He completed his military service in Guingamp with the Dispensés platoon. 147:
on the model of the Welsh Gorsedd. Having finished his law degree, he worked with his father to further his legal studies. He became acquainted with the printer Alexandre Le Goaziou and with him created
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in December 1940 and participated in the Breton Advisory Committee (1942), seeking to promote Breton political, economic and cultural rights in the difficult war years.
89:. Jaffrennou became secretary of the section dedicated to Breton language and literature. Between 1898 and 1899, he worked at Morlaix for the newspaper 495: 241:
in which Jaffennou set himself against the BNP, which retaliated by attacking his regionalist ideology and his links to the French political elitr.
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Released in 1946 he never returned to Brittany. In 1947 he resumed the leadership of the Gorsedd. He retired to
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Throughout the 1930s, he was in open conflict with the extremist wing of the Breton nationalists within the
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These topics were the subject of a long controversy and numerous articles published in his journal
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He continued to be active in the Breton Regionalist Federation, and participated in the journal
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François Jaffrennou in Breton national costume at the Celtic Congress of Caernarfon, 1904
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in Cardiff with twenty one other Bretons. He was received at Gorsedd under the name
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Jaffrennou's views before the outbreak of war were anti-German and pro-British:
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and then to Bergerac, where he died on 23 March 1956. He is buried in
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arrested again. After a brief incarceration at the Chateau Lancien in
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and, most importantly, the issue of political independence from the
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Mordrel and Debeauvais set up the pro-German nationalist journal
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for a thesis he wrote in Breton on the Breton language writer
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In 1941 on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the
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It is also believed that the famous Austrian Jewish writer
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A la cour de justice: l'épilogue de l'affaire Jaffrennou
104:. At this time he translated the Welsh national anthem 222:. The disputes were over the issue of the Breton flag 244:At this period he also became Grand Druid of the 442:L'Affaire Taldir: Le Grand Druide était innocent 93:, publishing a page about Breton literature. 8: 344:, he was taken to the St Charles prison in 326:and completely broke with his past views. 516:Recipients of French presidential pardons 388:, President of the Council of Ministers. 96:On 18 July 1899, Jaffrennou visited the 457:, La voix de l'ouest, N°129, juin 1945. 413: 420:"What is Germany" 'page 344, No. 70 d 285:published an article under the title: 38:(15 March 1879 - 23 March 1956) was a 54:, since he also used the bardic name 7: 307:He signed an agreement with Marshal 267:In 1939, he ceased publication of 25: 287:Taldir veut écarteler la Bretagne 36:François-Joseph-Claude Jaffrennou 496:Breton Regionalist Union members 171:He fought for France during the 77:In August 1898, in Morlaix the 1: 127:. There he met the editor of 123:In October 1899, he moved to 449:Le Néo-druidisme en Bretagne 182:in 1923. In 1926 he created 74:. He went on to study law. 42:writer and editor. He was a 511:University of Rennes alumni 135:Breton nationalist activism 532: 156:and a bilingual newspaper 85:under the chairmanship of 52:François Taldir-Jaffrennou 50:bard. He is also known as 18:François Taldir-Jaffrennou 481:People from Côtes-d'Armor 451:(Éditions Ouest-France ). 320:Camille Le Mercier d'Erm 316:Breton Nationalist Party 281:. On 29 September 1940, 83:Régis de l'Estourbeillon 79:Breton Regionalist Union 438:Gwenc'hlan Le Scouëzec 300: 180:La Bretagne libertaire 32: 295: 232:Third French Republic 212:Breton National Party 30: 506:Modern pagan writers 486:French modern pagans 330:After the Liberation 162:University of Rennes 501:Breton nationalists 246:Gorsedd of Brittany 220:François Debeauvais 145:Gorsedd of Brittany 447:Philippe Le Stum, 359:Adolphe Le Goaziou 357:Resistance leader 291:Region of Brittany 228:Breton orthography 206:Political disputes 107:Land of my Fathers 44:Breton nationalist 33: 374:Charles de Gaulle 143:, he created the 113:Bro Gozh ma Zadoù 16:(Redirected from 523: 425: 424:4th quarter 1939 418: 324:L'Heure Bretonne 283:l'Heure Bretonne 278:l'Heure Bretonne 188:Buhez Sant Erwan 102:Taldir ab Hernin 21: 531: 530: 526: 525: 524: 522: 521: 520: 461: 460: 434: 429: 428: 419: 415: 410: 394: 386:Georges Bidault 376:, (No. 431) of 354: 337: 332: 309:Philippe Pétain 305: 254: 208: 173:First World War 137: 110:into Breton as 87:Anatole le Braz 81:was founded by 66:He was born in 64: 40:Breton language 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 529: 527: 519: 518: 513: 508: 503: 498: 493: 488: 483: 478: 473: 463: 462: 459: 458: 452: 445: 433: 430: 427: 426: 412: 411: 409: 406: 393: 390: 353: 350: 336: 333: 331: 328: 304: 301: 273:Fall of France 265: 264: 261: 253: 250: 207: 204: 141:Jean Le Fustec 139:In 1901, with 136: 133: 129:L’Ouest-Éclair 63: 60: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 528: 517: 514: 512: 509: 507: 504: 502: 499: 497: 494: 492: 489: 487: 484: 482: 479: 477: 474: 472: 469: 468: 466: 456: 453: 450: 446: 443: 439: 436: 435: 431: 423: 417: 414: 407: 405: 403: 399: 391: 389: 387: 383: 379: 375: 371: 366: 362: 360: 351: 349: 347: 343: 334: 329: 327: 325: 321: 317: 312: 310: 302: 299: 294: 292: 288: 284: 280: 279: 274: 270: 262: 259: 258: 257: 251: 249: 247: 242: 240: 235: 233: 229: 225: 221: 217: 216:Olier Mordrel 213: 205: 203: 201: 197: 193: 189: 185: 181: 176: 174: 169: 167: 166:Prosper Proux 163: 159: 155: 151: 146: 142: 134: 132: 130: 126: 121: 119: 118:La Résistance 115: 114: 109: 108: 103: 99: 94: 92: 91:La Resistance 88: 84: 80: 75: 73: 69: 61: 59: 57: 53: 49: 45: 41: 37: 29: 19: 454: 448: 441: 432:Bibliography 421: 416: 395: 367: 363: 355: 338: 323: 313: 306: 303:Vichy Regime 296: 286: 282: 276: 271:. After the 268: 266: 255: 252:World War II 243: 238: 236: 209: 199: 196:An Delen Dir 195: 192:An Hirvoudou 191: 187: 183: 179: 177: 170: 157: 153: 149: 138: 128: 122: 117: 111: 105: 101: 95: 90: 76: 65: 55: 51: 35: 34: 476:1956 deaths 471:1879 births 224:Gwenn-ha-Du 491:Neo-druids 465:Categories 408:References 370:Leo Perutz 214:headed by 98:Eisteddfod 62:Early life 48:neo-druid 422:An Oaled 378:Tel Aviv 269:An Oaled 239:An Oaled 202:(1911). 198:(1900), 194:(1899), 184:An Oaled 402:Carhaix 398:Le Mans 346:Quimper 342:Carhaix 200:Breiziz 158:Ar Bobl 72:Bolazec 68:Carnoët 382:Israel 335:Arrest 154:Ar vro 150:Ar Vro 125:Rennes 56:Taldir 46:and a 392:Exile 352:Trial 234:. 218:and 293:: 168:. 120:. 467:: 440:, 404:. 226:, 190:, 444:. 20:)

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François Taldir-Jaffrennou

Breton language
Breton nationalist
neo-druid
Carnoët
Bolazec
Breton Regionalist Union
Régis de l'Estourbeillon
Anatole le Braz
Eisteddfod
Land of my Fathers
Bro Gozh ma Zadoù
Rennes
Jean Le Fustec
Gorsedd of Brittany
University of Rennes
Prosper Proux
First World War
Breton National Party
Olier Mordrel
François Debeauvais
Gwenn-ha-Du
Breton orthography
Third French Republic
Gorsedd of Brittany
Fall of France
l'Heure Bretonne
Region of Brittany
Philippe Pétain

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