Jeunesse Populaire Française
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Jeunesse Populaire Française (JPF, English
English language
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: French Popular Youth) was a fascist youth movement created by Jacques Doriot
Jacques Doriot
Jacques Doriot was a French politician prior to and during World War II. He began as a Communist but then turned Fascist.-Early life and politics:...

 and connected to his Parti Populaire Français
Parti Populaire Français
The Parti Populaire Français was a fascist political party led by Jacques Doriot before and during World War II...

. They wore a blue uniform. They are remembered for their fights with zazou
Zazou
The Zazous were a subculture in France during World War II. They were young people expressing their individuality by wearing big or garish clothing and dancing wildly to swing jazz and bebop...

s and Jews
Jews
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 and shaving heads of zazous.

It was established in October 1941 under the name l'Union de la Jeunesse Populaire Française (L'UJPF, The Union Of The French Popular Youth) and renamed to JPF in May 1942 when it merged with other smaller youth organizations.

Doriot was its honorary president, the actual one being Roger Vauquelin des Yveteaux (real name: des Yvetots).
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