Editing Julien Origas (section)

== Early life ==
Julien Origas was born 27 March 1920.{{sfn|Caillet|1997|loc=Carte d’identité ecclésiastique de Julien Origas, after page 149}} He was of Alsatian origin, born in [[Breitenbach, Bas-Rhin]], in France.{{sfn|Caillet|1997|p=39}} He was an office worker in the factories of the [[Matford]] manufacturing company in [[Strasbourg]]. During [[World War II]], the workers of the company evacuated to [[Bordeaux]], where Origas went as well, before he became a driver and interpreter for the Nazi [[Organisation Todt]] in Rochefort during the [[German military administration in occupied France during World War II|occupation]].{{sfn|Caillet|1997|p=39}}

During the German occupation, Origas worked for the Gestapo, the specifics of the position and why are disputed.{{sfn|Introvigne|2000|p=141}} His family alleged he had used his position in the Organisation Todt to help Jews and resistance fighters escape. This led to his arrest by his superiors in 1943; according to this story he was given two choices, either be deported to the [[Lager Sylt|Guernsey concentration camp]] or be incorporated into the [[Gestapo]], of which he chose the latter. He was moved to [[Brest, France|Brest]] the next year, where he served in the Gestapo under Georg Roeder.{{sfn|Caillet|1997|p=39}}{{sfn|Hall|Schuyler|2000|p=125}} A posthumous anti-cult publication said he had been the "former head of the Gestapo at Brest".{{sfn|Hall|Schuyler|2000|p=133}}{{sfn|Walliss|2006|p=110}} These later narratives were sensationalist and in the context of the Solar Temple, and claimed he was the leader of the whole Brest Gestapo.{{sfn|Introvigne|2000|p=141}} According to occultism scholar Serge Caillet, Origas had been a language interpreter for the Gestapo, and possibly a minor official.{{sfn|Introvigne|2000|p=141}}

He was ambushed by Breton [[French Resistance|resistance fighters]] and was wounded, before being picked up by fleeing Germans.{{sfn|Caillet|1997|p=39}} Origas escaped and hid with the aid of friends in Alsace, but in 1947 was charged and convicted for collaboration with the enemy.{{sfn|Caillet|1997|p=39}} He was sentenced to four years in prison by the Military Tribunal of [[Rennes]] for collaboration the next year, but was amnestied in 1950 after serving only 3.{{sfn|Caillet|1997|p=39}}{{sfn|Introvigne|2000|p=141}}