L'Appel

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L'Appel (The Calling) was a collaborationist periodical of Vichy France. It was the organ of the collaborationist French League and edited by the League's leader, Pierre Costantini of the Parti populaire français (PPF).[1] The paper was established in 1940.[2] Its two main contributors were Robert Julien-Courtine (1910-1998) and Paul Riche, the latter being a pseudonym of Jean Mamy. Mamy was condemned to death executed for treason and executed at the fortress of Montrouge on 29 March 1949.

References[edit]

  1. ^ James Shields (2007). The Extreme Right in France: From Pétain to Le Pen. Taylor & Francis. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-134-86111-8.
  2. ^ M. Cornick (2000). "Fighting Myth with Reality: The Fall of France, Anglophobia, and the BBC". In Valerie Holman; Debra Kelly (eds.). France at War in the Twentieth Century: Propaganda, Myth and Metaphor. Berghahn Books. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-57181-770-9.