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For several weeks, the local collective has been asking the mayor of the quiet village of Blausask near Nice to rename the town’s football stadium. During its renovation ten years ago, this sports facility was named Joseph Merceron-Vicat. Locally, this surname is well known to the residents. The Vicat company of Grenoble, once headed by Joseph Merceron-Vicat, has been established in the city since 1923. It has a cement plant there and is the first local employer. But many Blausascos were unaware of the former boss’s inglorious past. “We discovered it by accident last year on the Internet.”, confirms Allen *, one of the whistleblowers who also works at the cement plant, on condition of anonymity. By typing in “Joseph Merceron-Vicat” on the Internet, one can find a profile of a business leader close to Vichy during World War II who reached the National Council formed by Marshal Pétain and…
Source: Le Figaro
