Pierre Semard
Pierre Semard was a trade unionist, secretary general of the federation of railway-workers and leader of the French Communist Party. He was shot in prison by the Germans in 1942, and is buried at the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. He was key figure in the French Section of the Workers' International and a trade unionist in the Confédération générale du travail unitaire and Confédération générale du travail.Life
Childhood and youth
Union militant
Works
- Pour le Front unique des transports, 1923
- La Guerre du Rif, 1925.
- Histoire de la Fédération des cheminots, 1934.
- Transports en commun bon marché, 1936.
- « Entretien avec Lénine à l'occasion du IIe congrès du profintern »,, Lénine tel qu'il fut, souvenirs de contemporains, vol. 2, Moscou, 1959.
