Pierre Bonny

Pierre Bonny

Pierre Bonny (1895 – December 26, 1944), born in Bordeaux, was a French police officer. As an inspector, he was the investigating officer on the 1923 Seznec case, in which he has been accused of falsifying the evidence. He was praised as one of the most talented police officers in the country helping to solve the notorious Stavisky financial scandal in 1934. In 1935 he was jailed for 3 years on corruption charges.

During the Second World War, Bonny joined the French Gestapo, known as the Carlingue. He was executed by firing squad in 1944.

Besides the overwhelming memory of a traitor and unscrupulous collaborator, he commonly incarnates the figure of a corrupt man, the executor of the lower works of the Vichy regime.