The Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach
by Alice Kaplan
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Relates the story of the only French writer to be executed for treason during World War II, from his rise during the 1930s to his trial and death in front of a firing squad.Tags
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This is an important if uncomfortable book. What is the progressive response to free speech in collaborative terms of Occupation? Should Celine have been shot? These are whimsical questions in lieu of a concerted response. I think the procedural response to the Brasillach affair deserves attention.
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Alice Kaplan is the author of numerous books, including Dreaming in French, The Interpreter, French Lessons, and The Collaborator, the last of which was a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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- Canonical title*
- Intelligence avec l'ennemi. Le procès Brasillach
- Original title
- The collaborator. The trial and execution of Robert Brasillach
- Original publication date
- 2000
- People/Characters
- Robert Brasillach
- Important places
- France
- Important events
- World War II; Treason Trial of Robert Brassillach (1945)
- Dedication
- This book is for my mother, Leonore Kaplan, who taught me early on that you could find out anything with good research.
- First words
- ONE:
THE MAKING OF A FASCIST WRITER:
In the last week of August 1944, Robert Brasillach was hiding in a tiny maid's room on the rue de Tournon. All around him was the joy of liberation and the violence of the final batt... (show all)les, as the Germans left Paris and the people of the city expended their energy in the construction of homemade barracks, blocking the last Nazi tanks that were trying to make their way along the city streets. Brasillach did not share in that popular joy. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Was Bracillach guilty? Yes. Should he have been shot? No. In 1945, it was Brasillach's fascist vision hat France hoped to destroy along with the man. Today, the myth of a martyred, innocent Brasillach gives sustenance to the extreme right. We can say with hindsight that this myth would not exist if Brasillach had not been put to death; that is the price exacted by de Gaulle's exemplary gesture of February 6, 1945.
- Original language*
- Anglais (Etats-Unis) (Etats-Unis)
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 848.91209; 940.531630944
- Canonical LCC
- D802.F8
- Disambiguation notice
- Full title (2000): The collaborator : the trial & execution of Robert Brasillach / Alice Kaplan; 2001 French translation has title: Intelligence a... (show all)vec l'ennemi : le procès de Robert Brasillach; 2002 Italian translation has title: Il Collaboratore : Processo e morte di un fascista
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- 5 — English, French, Greek, Italian, Spanish
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