Robert Brasillach

Robert Brasillach
Robert Brasillach (1938)
Born31 March 1909
Perpignan, France
Died6 February 1945(1945-02-06) (aged 35)
Fort de Montrouge, Arcueil, France
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad
Occupation(s)Journalist, author
Conviction(s)Treason
Criminal penaltyDeath

Robert Brasillach (French pronunciation: [ʁɔbɛʁ bʁazijak] ; 31 March 1909 – 6 February 1945) was a French author and journalist. He was the editor of Je suis partout, a nationalist newspaper which advocated fascist movements and supported Jacques Doriot. After the liberation of France in 1944, he was executed following a trial and Charles de Gaulle's express refusal to grant him a pardon. Brasillach was executed for advocating collaborationism, denunciation and incitement to murder. The execution remains a subject of some controversy, because Brasillach was executed for "intellectual crimes", rather than military or political actions.[1]

  1. ^ Lawrence, Osborne (29 March 2000). "Poison pen". Salon. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2019.

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