“In my crib were hidden tracts and arms.”
Pierre Goldman — Dim memories of a Polish Jew Born in France
“Marseille boys members of GAL killed him [Pierre Goldman] with Maïone, who also talked about a commandant, a former member of the SDECE [French secret service], without revealing to me his identity.”
Libération (April 2006)
“Goldman combined all the traits of the man to be killed: Jewish, black-loving, revolutionary, jailer, writer, and most of all, the man who had escaped the death penalty for a crime he denied, a terrible accusation for which Justice had acquitted him. In his way Pierre Goldman had the look of a facial composite. He resembled all that imbeciles hate.”
French journalist Serge July [1]
Pierre Goldman (June 22, 1944 – Assassinated September 20, 1979)
September 20 2020 — Who killed Goldman? Of course, I am not talking about the French singer — Jean-Jacques — who is one of the most loved personalities in France. I am talking about his brother Pierre, a French left-wing intellectual who was convicted of several robberies and mysteriously assassinated on September 20 1979. The case has never been solved.
By the way, although Jean-Jacques never spoke about his brother, many believe that the song “Puisque tu pars” is about Pierre. I left a couple of messages for JJ Goldman knowing full well that he would not reply. I hope that he will speak about his brother one day… “But not too late.” Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY
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UPDATE (September 20 2020) — GAL (Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberación) — a death squad set up by Spanish officials to fight ETA in the 1980’s — has always been one of the prime suspects of Pierre Goldman’s murder.
According to a recently declassified CIA document, GAL was set up by Prime Minister Felipe González.
In the 1984 report entitled “Spain: Terrorist Resurgence”, CIA officer Colin Winston wrote:
“The Spanish government seems determined to adopt an unorthodox strategy in relation to ETA.”
“González has agreed to the formation of a group of mercenaries, controlled by the army, to combat terrorists outside the law.”
“The mercenaries would not necessarily be Spanish and their mission would be to assassinate ETA leaders in Spain and France.”
“Bungled operations in a dirty war against ETA could severely discredit the González administration, which makes much of its devotion to democratic freedoms and legalities.”
The Basque terrorist group ETA was described by the CIA as “perhaps the greatest challenge facing the González administration.”
At the time of his assassination, Pierre Goldman was allegedly helping ETA to acquire weapons, and planned to create an organization to fight the GAL
END of UPDATE
In 1974, Pierre Goldman was given a life-sentence by the Paris Cour d’Assises after being convicted of a bloody robbery on December 19 1969 on the Boulevard Richard-Lenoir, during which two pharmacists were killed.
Pierre Goldman always denied having committed this robbery, although he admitted having conducted three earlier robberies.
Even his family had doubts as to his innocence. However, he swore his innocence to his father on the memory of the dead of Auschwitz, and to his mother on the dead of the Resistance. They believed him.
He was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the other three robberies and given a life sentence for the December 1969 assassination.
Most observers believe that he was lucky to escape death penalty.
During the five years he spent in prison, he studied philosophy and Spanish, and wrote a book on his own case, Souvenirs obscurs d’un juif polonais né en France (Obscure Memories of a Polish Jew Born in France), published in 1975.
The impact of the book on some French intellectuals and personalities, including the actress Simone Signoret, the writer Françoise Sagan, Jean-Paul Sartre and Régis Debray, among others, as well as many inconsistencies recorded during the investigation led to a second trial, which started on April 26 1976. He was acquitted and freed in October 1976.
His alibi for the night of the killings in Paris is questionable. But, ironically, the fact that he committed a hold-up the next day plays in his favor according to experts.
On September 20 1979, Pierre Goldman was assassinated at point-blank range in Paris.
Eyewitnesses described seeing three Spanish-looking persons at the crime scene.
Pierre Goldman’s funeral was attended by 15,000 people. A few hours after his death, his wife Christiane gave birth to a son, Manuel.
The perpetrators of Pierre Goldman’s murder have never been identified.
Journalist Serge July wrote in Liberation that Pierre Goldman was about everything imbeciles dislike. That is a lot of suspects…
The police first suspected the Mafia. However, the murder was claimed by (according to AFP) an unknown far-right group: Honneur de la police (Honour of the Police).
Various theories persist, the most serious one pointing to Marseilles’ criminal underground, which might have assassinated him on behalf of the GAL [Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberación].
GAL was a death squad set up by Spanish officials to fight ETA in the 1980’s.
The theory is not without merit. Pierre Goldman was allegedly helping ETA to acquire weapons, and planned to create an organization to fight the GAL.
Another theory points toward the French intelligence services because of the presence of a SDECE officer at the crime scene as witnessed by former police officer Lucien Aimé-Blanc.
On May 22 2012, a blog post from “Le Monde” identified the killer of Pierre Goldman as René Resciniti de Says.
A former paratrooper for the French Armed Forces, Resciniti de Says was known as René l’élégant and died on April 17 2012 at the age of 61.
At the time of his death, Pierre Goldman was involved in arms and drug trafficking.
Journalists and friends eventually discovered that he had many unusual connections among Intelligence Agencies all over the world.
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Does this sound familiar?
L’affaire Pierre Goldman résumée en 5 minutes | Archive INA
Jean-Jacques Goldman – Puisque tu pars
Géraldine Gauthier : Une grosse énigme pour beaucoup de monde, c’est la chanson “Ton autre chemin” : Savoir de quoi elle parle et à qui elle est destinée, en fait.
Jean-Jacques Goldman : Bah, ça peut être… Chacun peut la prendre à sa façon. Il y en a certains qui ont pensé que c’était pour des toxicomanes, des choses comme ça. Là, en ce qui me concerne, c’était vraiment une rencontre avec un ami d’enfance qui, visiblement, était sur une autre planète sur le plan psychiatrique et, donc, c’était ça qui m’avait inspiré cette chanson.
Géraldine Gauthier : Vous avez revu cet ami depuis ?
Jean-Jacques Goldman : Non. Non, Non. Non, Non. Non, Non.
“Sans drame, sans larme
Pauvres et dérisoires armes
Parce qu’il est des douleurs qui ne pleurent qu’à l’intérieur
Puisque ta maison
Aujourd’hui c’est l’horizon
Dans ton exil, essaie d’apprendre à revenir
Mais pas trop tard…”Jean-Jacques Goldman — Puisque tu pars
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REFERENCES
Pierre Goldman, le frère de l’ombre — by Michaël Prazan
- “Goldman combinait tous les traits de l’homme à abattre : juif, aimant les Noirs, révolutionnaire, taulard, écrivain, et surtout, pire que tout, l’homme qui avait échappé à la peine de mort pour un crime qu’il niait, une accusation terrible dont la justice l’avait acquitté. A sa manière Pierre Goldman avait le visage d’un portrait-robot. Il ressemblait à tout ce que haïssent les imbéciles.”
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