Jeannette Vermeersch

Overview

Jeannette Vermeersch (née Julie Vermeersch) born La Madaleine, Nord, France November 26, 1910 (d. 2001). French Communist leader who consistently opposed wars; demanded Immediate Withdrawal from Vietnam 1950; opposed nuclear weapons in France 1949; opposed Algerian War; against German rearmament 1957; openly opposed Russian invasion of Hungary 1957.

Quotations

“You forget, ladies and gentlemen, the Vietnamese people are well off in their land. It is not they who have invaded, but you!” (Jan. 27, 1950 National Assembly debate, in Ruscio, p. 35; photo ina.fr)