of the government that month and the installation of a fascist government. The French police seized 2 tons of high explosives, several anti-tank or anti-aircraft guns, 500 machine guns, 65 submachine guns, 134 rifles and 17 sawed-off shotguns. In 1938, as an SFIO senator for Allier, Dormoy spoke out against the Munich Agreement with Nazi Germany. Imprisonment and death Two years later, after the Fall of France, he was one of the minority of parliamentarians who refused to grant full powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain. Pétain's Vichy France regime had him suspended from his office as mayor on 20 September 1940, and arrested five days later. Dormoy was imprisoned in Pellevoisin, then in Vals-les-Bains, before being placed under house arrest in Montélimar. He was killed in July 1941 by a bomb that exploded at his house; it was believed to have been placed by Cagoule terrorists. This was believed to be reprisal for his suppression of the group in 1937. Marx Dormoy was given a solemn funeral in his birthplace of Montluçon. Legacy and honors A Métro station and boulevard were named after him in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. References Further reading External links 1888 births 1941 deaths People from Montluçon Assassinated French politicians French military personnel of World War I Recipients of the Resistance Medal People murdered in France Deaths by improvised explosive device French Section of the Workers' International politicians French interior ministers Senators of Allier French Senators of the Third Republic Terrorism deaths in France French anti-fascists 1941 murders in France