Gaston Defferre says " not " to the destiny forged for him by his father, it becomes lawyer and defends of the " members of the C.G.T. ", adheres to the SFIO, becomes, in 1940, " the discrete hero " of the American Center of help of Marseilles, which saved Nazi death or vichyssoise nearly 2 000 foreigners. 1953: Gaston Defferre becomes the mayor of Marseilles. Nearly thirty years of love with Marseilles.
It melts, since 1940, a clandestine newspaper, to the Release, in continuation, Gaston passes from the " style militant to the style minister ", it takes part in several governments of IVe République, but refuses to become general governor of Algeria in 1956; draft the Communists who oppose him " gangsters " in 1951 - but known as of Jean Cristofol, transitory mayor of Marseilles in 1946: " It was an authentic revolutionist "
1986: 7 May, died of Gaston Defferre. The walls of Marseilles flower of posters representing Gaston, greeting cap, with the slogan " Marseilles Good-bye! ".
