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- Birth nameCharles Eugene Bedaux
- Charles Bedaux was born on October 26, 1887 in Paris, France. He died on February 18, 1944 in Florida, USA.
- Nazi collaborator.
- Bedaux was an efficiency expert and explorer who organized an expedition to cross northeastern British Columbia, Canada, in 1934. He brought along a Hollywood cinematographer, Floyd Crosby, and a large entourage (including his wife and his mistress). Unfortunately, weather, poor planning and financial problems plagued the expedition. Although the planned route was not completed, the group managed to travel through Canada's subarctic bush and wetlands, and over mountain passes, from Edmonton, Alberta to British Columbia. The unexpected amount of rain disabled the Citroen half-track vehicles, and they were abandoned in favor of horses. Bedaux returned to BC again in 1936 to build a road for a new planned expedition to use, but that never happened. Bedaux returned to France, and during World War II he worked with the German occupation forces. His collaborationist activities resulted in his being arrested by American military authorities in North Africa in 1943 and he was sent back to the US. While awaiting trial in a Florida prison in 1944, he committed suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills.
- Father of Charles Bedaux Jr..
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