Robert Brasillach
Robert Brasillach | |
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Robert Brasillach (1938) | |
| Born | 31 March 1909 Perpignan, France |
| Died | 6 February 1945 (aged 35) Fort de Montrouge, Arcueil, France |
| Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, author |
| Conviction | Treason |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
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Robert Brasillach (French: [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.