Louis Feutren Collection,

Papers of the Breton nationalist Louis Feutren (1922-2009), together with papers of two fellow nationalists accumulated by him, Neven Henaff (Célestin Lainé, 1908-1983), and Alan Heusaff (1921-1999). All three were prominent members of the Breton collaborationist force 'Bezen Perrot' formed in December 1943, and all three eventually fled to Ireland sometime after the Second World War. Some of the papers relate to the activities of 'Bezen Perrot', but most are later personal papers.

Arranged at NLW in six series: Louis Feutren papers; Neven Henaff (Célestin Lainé) papers; Alan Heusaff papers; Bezen Perrot; press cuttings and photocopies of articles; and miscellaneous and unidentified letters.

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Louis Feutren; Ireland; Bequest; October 2010

Title supplied from contents of fonds.

Daniel Leach, 'Bezen Perrot: The Breton nationalist unit of the SS, 1943-5', Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies, Vol. 4 (available online, http://www4.uwm.edu/celtic/ekeltoi/volumes/vol4/4_1/leach_4_1.html, viewed October 2011); Daniel Leach, Fugitive Ireland. European Minority Nationalists and Irish Political Asylum, 1937-2008 (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2009); George Broderick, University of Mannheim, The Breton Movement and the German Occupation 1940-44 - Alan Heusaff and Bezen Perrot: A case study (available online); October 2011.

The following sources were used in the compilation of this description:

Usual copyright laws apply. Copyright of papers at NLW identified as those written by Louis Feutren is held by NLW. The autobiography of Alan Heusaff (3/1) cannot be reproduced without the permission of Alan Heusaff's daughter, Ms Kintilla Heusaff.

Action: All records bequeathed to NLW have been retained apart from a few duplicates and blank postcards..

Accruals are not expected.

Seven cassettes containing war recollections of Louis Feutren, Neven Henaff (Célestin Lainé) and Alan Heusaff, in French, English and Breton, have been transferred to the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales at NLW. A further group of papers of Louis Feutren, referred to as the 'Bezen Perrot Archives' by Daniel Leach, are believed to have been transferred to the University of Western Brittany, Brest, c. 2008.

Daniel Leach, 'Bezen Perrot: The Breton nationalist unit of the SS, 1943-5', Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies, Vol. 4 (available online, http://www4.uwm.edu/celtic/ekeltoi/volumes/vol4/4_1/leach_4_1.html, viewed October 2011); Daniel Leach, Fugitive Ireland. European Minority Nationalists and Irish Political Asylum, 1937-2008 (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2009).

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